Displaying the Link State Database 13-17
Table 13-5 describes the fields for the link state database router display.
Table 13-5 Field Attributes for a Link State Database Router Display
Field Description
LSID ID of the router that originated the LSI
Router ID ID of the remote router
LS Seq Hexadecimal sequence number of the LSA (used to detect older
LSAs)
LS Age Time in seconds since LSA originated
Flags ■ V = Router is the endpoint of an active virtual link that uses
the area as a transmit area
■ ASBR = Router is an autonomous system boundary router
■ ABR = Router is an area border router
Link Type ■ PTP = Connection is point-to-point to another router
■ Transit = Connection is to a transit network (one with more
than one OSPF router on it)
■ Stub = Connection is to a stub network
■ Virtual link = Connection is to a far-end router that is the
endpoint of a virtual link
Link ID ■ PTP = Router ID of neighboring router
■ Transit = Address of designated router
■ Stub = IP network/subnetwork number
■ Virtual link = Router ID of neighboring router
Link Data ■ PTP = MIB II index value for an unnumbered point-to-point
interface
■ Transit = IP interface address of designated router
■ Stub = Network IP address mask
■ Virtual link = IP interface address of neighboring router
Metric Cost of the link