Command Manual – Routing Protocol 
Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches  Chapter 3  OSPF Configuration Commands
 
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View 
System view 
Parameter 
process-id: ID of an OSPF process, in the range 1 to 65,535. By default, the process ID 
is 1. process-id is locally significant. 
router-id: Router ID in dotted decimal format for the specified OSPF process. 
vpn-instance: Specifies VPN instance parameter. 
vpn-instance-name: VPN instance name. 
Description 
Use the ospf command to enable the OSPF protocol. 
Use the undo ospf command to disable the OSPF protocol.  
After starting OSPF protocol, the user can make the corresponding configuration in the 
OSPF protocol view. 
By default, the system does not run the OSPF protocol. 
Related command: network. 
Example 
# Enable the running of the OSPF protocol. 
[Quidway] router id 10.110.1.8 
[Quidway] ospf 
[Quidway-ospf-1]  
# Enable the running of the OSPF protocol with process ID specified as 120. 
[Quidway] router id 10.110.1.8 
[Quidway] ospf 120 
[Quidway-ospf-120] 
# Enable the OSPF process 120, bind the VPN instance and run the OSPF protocol. 
[Quidway] ospf 120 router id 9.9.9.9 vpn-instance vpn9 
[Quidway-ospf-120] 
3.1.37  ospf authentication-mode 
Syntax 
ospf authentication-mode { simple password | md5 key-id key } 
undo ospf authentication-mode { simple | md5 }