Chapter 37 OSPF
To configure an area, set the related fields in the OSPF Configuration screen.
Figure 163 IP Application > OSPF Configuration: Area Setup
The following table describes the related labels in this screen.
Table 118 IP Application > OSPF Configuration: Area Setup
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Name | Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) for |
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Area ID | Enter a |
| notation) that uniquely identifies an area. |
| A value of 0.0.0.0 indicates that this is a backbone (also known as Area 0). |
| You can create only one backbone area on the Switch. |
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Authenticati | Select an authentication method (Simple or MD5) to activate |
on | authentication. Select None (default) to disable authentication. |
| Usually interface(s) and virtual interface(s) should use the same |
| authentication method as the associated area. If interface(s) and virtual |
| interface(s) use different authentication methods than the associated area, |
| the authentication methods are based on the interface(s) and virtual |
| interface(s) settings. |
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Stub | Select this option to set the area as a stub area. |
Network | If you enter 0.0.0.0 in the Area ID field, the settings in the Stub Area |
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No | Select this option to set the Switch to not send/receive LSAs. |
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Default | Specify a cost (between 0 and 16777215) used to add a default route into |
Route | a stub area for routes which are external to an OSPF domain. If you do not |
Cost | set a route cost, no default route is added. |
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