Chapter 33 OSPF
Table 101 | IP Application > OSPF Configuration > OSPF Interface (continued) | |
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Key |
| When you select Simple in the Authentication field, enter a password |
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| When you select MD5 in the Authentication field, enter a password 16- |
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Cost |
| The interface cost is used for calculating the routing table. Enter a number |
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| between 0 and 65535. The default interface cost is 15. |
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Priority |
| The priority you assign to the interface is used in router elections to decide |
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| which router is going to be the Designated Router (DR) or the Backup |
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| Designated Router (BDR). You can assign a number between 0 and 255. A |
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| priority of 0 means that the router will not participate in router elections. |
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Add |
| Click Add to save your changes to the Switch’s |
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| Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the |
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| Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non- |
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| volatile memory when you are done configuring. |
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Cancel |
| Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. |
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Clear |
| Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults. |
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Index |
| This field displays the index number for an interface. |
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Network |
| This field displays the IP interface information. |
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Area ID |
| This field displays the area ID (in an IP address format with dotted decimal |
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| notation) of an area to associate the interface to that area. |
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Authenticati |
| This field displays the authentication method used |
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| Simple or MD5). |
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Key ID |
| When the Authentication field displays MD5, this field displays the |
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| identification number of the key used. |
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Cost |
| This field displays the interface cost used for calculating the routing table. |
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Priority |
| This field displays the priority for this OSPF interface. |
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Delete |
| Click Delete to remove the selected entry from the summary table. |
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Cancel |
| Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. |
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33.7 OSPF Virtual-Links
Configure and view virtual link settings in this screen. See Section 33.1 on page 277 for more information on OSPF.
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