308 CHAPTER 28: OSPF CONFIGURATION
Triggering OSPF Graceful
Restart
Performing the following configuration on an OSPF router will trigger OSPF 
Graceful Restart. Ensure that these routers are enabled with the following 
capabilities first:
■ LLS (link local signaling)
■ OOB (out of band re-synchronization)
■ Opaque LSA advertisement
■ IETF GR capability
Follow these steps to trigger OSPF Graceful Restart:
Configure for which OSPF 
neighbors the current router 
can serve as a GR Helper 
graceful-restart help 
{ acl-number | prefix 
prefix-list } 
Optional
The router can server as a GR 
Helper for any OSPF neighbor 
by default.
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
Trigger OSPF Graceful Restart  reset ospf [ process-id ] 
process graceful-restart 
Required
Available in user view