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Table 66  OSPF global statistics 
Statistic Description 
Tx ls Updates 
The sum total of all Link State Update packets transmitted on all OSPF areas and 
interfaces. 
Nbr change stats:    
hello 
The sum total of all Hello packets received from neighbors on all OSPF areas and 
interfaces. 
Start 
The sum total number of neighbors in this state (that is, an indication that Hello 
packets should now be sent to the neighbor at intervals of HelloInterval 
seconds) across all OSPF areas and interfaces. 
n2way 
The sum total number of bidirectional communication establishment between this 
router and other neighboring routers. 
adjoint ok 
The sum total number of decisions to be made (again) as to whether an adjacency 
should be established/maintained with the neighbor across all OSPF areas and 
interfaces. 
negotiation done 
The sum total number of neighbors in this state wherein the Master/slave relationship 
has been negotiated, and sequence numbers have been exchanged, across all OSPF 
areas and interfaces. 
exchange done 
The sum total number of neighbors in this state (that is, in an adjacency's final state) 
having transmitted a full sequence of Database Description packets, across all OSPF 
areas and interfaces. 
bad requests 
The sum total number of Link State Requests which have been received for a link state 
advertisement not contained in the database across all interfaces and OSPF areas. 
bad sequence 
The sum total number of Database Description packets which have been received 
that either: 
•  Has an unexpected DD sequence number 
•  Unexpectedly has the init bit set 
•  Has an options field differing from the last Options field received in a Database 
Description packet. 
Any of these conditions indicate that some error has occurred during adjacency 
establishment for all OSPF areas and interfaces. 
loading done 
The sum total number of link state updates received for all out-of-date portions of the 
database across all OSPF areas and interfaces. 
n1way 
The sum total number of Hello packets received from neighbors, in which this router is 
not mentioned across all OSPF interfaces and areas. 
rst_ad 
The sum total number of times the Neighbor adjacency has been reset across all 
OPSF areas and interfaces. 
down 
The total number of Neighboring routers down (that is, in the initial state of a 
neighbor conversation) across all OSPF areas and interfaces. 
Intf Change Stats:  
 
up  The sum total number of interfaces up in all OSPF areas. 
down  The sum total number of interfaces down in all OSPF areas. 
loop  The sum total of interfaces no longer connected to the attached network across all 
OSPF areas and interfaces. 
unloop  The sum total number of interfaces, connected to the attached network in all OSPF 
areas. 
wait timer  The sum total number of times the Wait Timer has been fired, indicating the end of 
the waiting period that is required before electing a (Backup) Designated Router 
across all OSPF areas and interfaces. 
backup  The sum total number of Backup Designated Routers on the attached network for all 
OSPF areas and interfaces. 
nbr change  The sum total number of changes in the set of bidirectional neighbors associated with 
any interface across all OSPF areas.