Chapter 33 OSPF

33.4 Configure OSPF Areas

To ensure that the Switch receives only routing information from a trusted layer 3 devices, activate authentication. The OSPF supports three levels of authentication:

•None – no authentication is used.

•Simple – authenticate link state updates using an 8 printable ASCII character password.

•MD5 – authenticate link state updates using a 16 printable ASCII character password.

To configure an area, set the related fields in the OSPF Configuration screen.

Figure 152 IP Application > OSPF Configuration: Area Setup

The following table describes the related labels in this screen.

Table 98 IP Application > OSPF Configuration: Area Setup

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Name

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

 

identification purposes.

 

 

Area ID

Enter a 32-bit ID (that uses the format of an IP address in dotted decimal

 

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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