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Configuration Guide 11. Dynamic IP Routing
11.2 OSPF Routing Protocol
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is a dynamic routing protocol from the Link-State family,
basing its routing decisions on the bandwidth parameter using the Dijkstra Algorithm. The
protocol establishes adjacencies with other OSPF routers to which it’s connected, and
maintains detailed topology and routing tables. OSPF provides fast network convergence
and great scalability. The version of the protocol that is being used is OSPFv2 (RFC 2328).
11.2.1 Configuring OSPF
The following describes how to configure OSPF.
11.2.1.1 Router-Configuration Level
Command Description
Enters the data configuration menu.
(config-data)# router ospf
Enters the OSPF configuration mode.
authentication [message-digest]
Configures authentication in the specified area.
cost cost
Configures default summary cost for stub and
NSSA areas.
list prefix list <in/out>
Configures filtering of networks between OSPF
areas.
summary|translate-
always|translate-
candidate|translate-never]
Configures the specified area as nssa.
prefix/length [advertise|cost|not-
Configures summarization of routes that match
the specified prefix.
summary]
Configures the specified area as stub or totally
stubby.
reference-bandwidth bandwidth
Configures auto-calculation of interface cost
using the provided reference cost.
(conf-router)# compatible rfc1583
Configures the protocol to be compatible with
RFC 1583 (summary route cost calculation).
(conf-router)# default-information
originate [always|metric|metric-
Configures the advertisement of default route.
(conf-router)# default-metric
metric
Configures the default metric for redistributed
routes.
Configures the AD for OSPF routes in the
system.
(conf-router)# distance ospf
<external/inter-area/intra-area>
distance
Configures the AD for the different types of
OSPF routes in the system.
(conf-router)# log-adjacency-
changes [detail]
Configures the system to log changes in OSPF
peers adjacency state changes.