Chapter 28 OSPF

The following table describes the related labels in this screen.

Table 91 OSPF Virtual-Link

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Name

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) for identification

 

purposes.

 

 

Area ID

Select the area ID (that uses the format of an IP address in dotted decimal notation)

 

of an area to associate the interface to that area.

 

 

Peer Router ID

Enter the ID of a peer border router.

 

 

Authentication

Note: Virtual interface(s) must use the same authentication method

 

 

within the same area.

 

Select an authentication method. Choices are Same-as-Area, None (default),

 

Simple and MD5.

 

To exchange OSPF packets with peer border router, you must set the

 

authentication method and/or password the same as the peer border router.

 

Select Same-as-Areato use the same authentication method within the area and

 

set the related fields when necessary.

 

Select None to disable authentication. This is the default setting.

 

Select Simple to authenticate OSPF packets transmitted through this interface

 

using a simple password.

 

Select MD5 to authenticate OSPF packets transmitted through this interface using

 

MD5 authentication.

 

 

Key ID

When you select MD5 in the Authentication field, specify the identification number

 

of the authentication you want to use.

 

 

Key

When you select Simple in the Authentication field, enter a password eight-

 

character long.

 

When you select MD5 in the Authentication field, enter a password 16-character

 

long.

 

 

Add

Click Add to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch loses

 

these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top

 

navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are

 

done configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to start configuring the above fields again.

 

 

Clear

Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults.

 

 

Index

This field displays an index number of an entry.

 

 

Name

This field displays a descriptive name of a virtual link.

 

 

Peer Router ID

This field displays the ID (that uses the format of an IP address in dotted decimal

 

notation) of a peer border router.

 

 

Authentication

This field displays the authentication method used (Same-as-Area, None, Simple or

 

MD5).

Key ID

When the Authentication field displays MD5, this field displays the identification

 

number of the key used.

 

 

Delete

Click Delete to remove the selected entry from the summary table.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to clear the Delete check boxes.

 

 

 

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