IP Routing Features 
Configuring OSPF 
Displaying OSPF Area Information 
To display OSPF area information, enter show ip ospf area  at any CLI level: 
HPswitch> show ip ospf area 
OSPF Area Information 
Area ID  Type  Cost  SPFR  ABR  ASBR LSA  Checksum 
--------------- ------ ----- ------ ---- ---- ----- ----------
0.0.0.0  normal 0  1  0  0  1  0x0000781f 
192.147.60.0  normal 0  1  0  0  1  0x0000fee6 
192.147.80.0  stub  1  1  0  0  2  0x000181cd 
Figure 11-11.Example of Show IP OSPF Area Output 
Syntax:  show ip ospf area [ospf-area-id] 
The [ospf-area-id] parameter shows information for the specified area. If no 
area is specified, information for all the OSPF areas configured is displayed. 
The OSPF area display shows the following information: 
Table 11-7.  CLI Display of OSPF Area Information 
This Field...  Displays... 
Area ID  The identifier for this area. 
Type  The area type, which can be either “normal” or “stub”. 
Cost  The metric for the default route that the routing switch will inject into 
a stub area if the routing switch is an ABR for the area. This value only 
applies to stub areas. 
SPFR  The number of times the routing switch has run the shortest path first 
route calculation for this area. 
ABR  The number of area border routers in this area. 
ASBR  The number of autonomous system border routers in this area. 
LSA  The number of LSAs in the link state database for this area. 
Chksum(Hex)  The sum of the checksums of all LSAs currently in the area’s link state 
database. This value can be compared to the value for other routers 
in the area to verify database synchronization. 
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