IPv6 OSPFv3 Configuration Task List 445
If a router receives no hello packet from a neighbor after a period, it will declare 
the peer is down. The period is called dead interval.
After sending an LSA to its adjacency, a router waits for an acknowledgment from 
the adjacency. If no response is received after retransmission interval elapses, the 
router will send again the LSA. The retransmission interval must be longer than the 
round-trip time of the LSA in between.
LSA delay time
Each LSA has an age in the local LSDB (incremented by 1 per second), but an LSA 
is not aged on transmission. You need to add an LSA delay time into the age time 
before transmission, which is important for low speed networks.
SPF timer
Whenever LSDB changes, SPF recalculation happens. If recalculations become so 
frequent, a large amount of resources will be occupied, reducing operation 
efficiency of routers. You can adjust SPF calculation interval and delay time to 
protect networks from being overloaded due to frequent changes.
OSPFv3 Features
Supported
■ Basic features defined in RFC2740
■ OSPFv3 stub area
Related RFCs
■ RFC2740: OSPF for IPv6
■ RFC2328: OSPF Version 2
IPv6 OSPFv3 
Configuration Task 
List
Complete the following tasks to configure OSPFv3:
Task Remarks 
“Configuring OSPFv3 Basic Functions” on page 446 Required 
“Configuring OSPFv3 Area Parameters” on 
page 446 
“Configuring an OSPFv3 Stub 
Area” on page 447 
Optional 
“Configuring OSPFv3 Virtual 
Links” on page 447 
Optional 
“Configuring OSPFv3 Routing Information 
Management” on page 447 
“Configuring OSPFv3 Route 
Summarization” on page 448 
Optional 
“Configuring OSPFv3 Inbound 
Route Filtering” on page 448 
Optional 
“Configuring Link Costs for 
OSPFv3 Interfaces” on page 448 
Optional 
“Configuring the Maximum 
Number of OSPFv3 Load-balanced 
Routes” on page 449 
Optional 
“Configuring a Priority for 
OSPFv3” on page 449 
Optional 
“Configuring OSPFv3 Route 
Redistribution” on page 449 
Optional