13-2 CHAPTER 13: ADMINISTERING OSPF ROUTING
Displaying Areas Use this command to display a list of existing areas according to their area
identification (ID) numbers.
To display areas:
1 From the top level of the Administration Console, enter:
ip ospf areas display
This example shows existing areas:
Defining Areas Use this command to define an area. Each OSPF area is a logical group of
network entities, including network segments, routers, and nodes. Each
area has the following parameters:
■ Area ID — A number, which is in the form of an IP address, that
identifies the area to the OSPF autonomous system.
■ Stub Area — Indicates whether this is a stub area.
Top-Level Menu
system
ethernet
fddi
atm
bridge
➧ip
ipx
appletalk
snmp
analyzer
script
logout
interface
route
arp
multicast
udphelper
routing
icmpRouterDiscovery
➧ospf
rip
ping
statistics
➧areas
defaultRouteMetric
interface
linkStateData
neighbors
routerID
partition
stubDefaultMetric
virtualLinks
statistics
➧display
defineArea
modifyArea
removeArea
addRange
modifyRange
removeRange
Area definition
Indx AreaID IP Address Mask Advertise Stub
1 158.101.0.0 n
2 0.0.0.2 158.102.0.0 255.255.0.0 y n
Table 13-1 Field Attributes for the Areas Display
Field Description
Indx The entry index for the area
Area ID The area identifier
IP Address The network portion of IP address range
Mask The subnet mask
Advertise Whether or not the range is advertised
Stub Whether or not the area is a stub area
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