Command Manual – Routing Protocol 
Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches  Chapter 3  OSPF Configuration Commands
 
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Interface view 
Parameter 
value: Cost for running OSPF protocol, ranging from 1 to 65,535. 
Description 
Use the ospf cost command to configure different message sending costs so as to 
send messages from different interfaces. 
Use the undo ospf cost command to restore the default cost. 
For Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches, the default cost for running OSPF 
protocol on the VLAN interface is 10. 
Example 
# Specify the cost spent when an interface runs OSPF as 33. 
[Quidway] interface Vlan-interface 10 
[Quidway-Vlan-interface10] ospf cost 33 
3.1.39  ospf dr-priority 
Syntax 
ospf dr-priority value 
undo ospf dr-priority 
View 
Interface view 
Parameter 
value: Interface priority for electing the "designated router", ranging from 0 to 255. The 
default value is 1. 
Description 
Use the ospf dr-priority command  to configure the priority for electing the "designated 
router" on an interface. 
Use the undo ospf dr-priority command to restore the default value.  
The priority of the interface determines the qualification of the interface when the 
"designated router" is elected. The interface with higher priority will be considered first 
when vote collision occurs. 
Example 
# Set the priority of the interface Vlan-interface 10 to 8, when electing the DR.