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Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2)
Overview
The MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module platform supports open shortest path first (OSPFv2) only. Up 
to 16 OSPF instances can be run simultaneously on the MXL Switch.
OSPF is an interior gateway protocol (IGP), which means that it distributes routing information 
between routers in a single autonomous system (AS). OSPF is also a link-state protocol in which all 
routers contain forwarding tables derived from information about their links to their neighbors.
OSPFv2 Commands
The Dell Force10 implementation of OSPFv2 is based on IETF RFC 2328. The following commands 
allow you to configure and enable OSPFv2.
• area default-cost
• area nssa
• area range
• area stub
• auto-cost
• clear ip ospf
• clear ip ospf statistics
• debug ip ospf
• default-information originate
• default-metric
• description
• distance
• distance ospf
• distribute-list in
• distribute-list out
• fast-converge
• flood-2328
• graceful-restart helper-reject
• ip ospf auth-change-wait-time
• ip ospf authentication-key
• ip ospf cost
• ip ospf dead-interval
• ip ospf hello-interval