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25.4.1 Viewing OSPF Area Information Table

The bottom of the OSPF Configuration screen displays a summary table of all the OSPF

areas you have configured.

Figure 80 OSPF Configuration: Summary Table

The following table describes the related labels in this screen.

Authentication Select an authentication method (Simple or MD5) to activate authentication. Select

None to disable authentication.

Interface(s) and virtual interface(s) must use the same authentication method as the

associated area.

Stub Area Select this option to set the area as a stub area.

If you enter 0.0.0.0 in the Area ID field, the settings in the Stub Area fields are ignored.

No Summary Select this option to set the switch to not send/receive LSAs.

Default Route

Cost

Specify a cost (between 0 and 16777214) used to add a default route into a stub area

for routes which are external to an OSPF domain. If you do not set a route cost, no

default route is added.

Add Click Add to apply the changes.

Cancel Click Cancel to start configuring the above fields again.

Clear Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults.

Table 58 OSPF Configuration: Area Setup (continued)

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Table 59 OSPF Configuration: Summary Table

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Index This field displays the index number of an area.

Name This field displays the descriptive name of an area.

Area ID This field displays the area ID (that uses the format of an IP address in dotted decimal

notation) that uniquely identifies an area.

An area ID of 0.0.0.0 indicates the backbone.

Authentication This field displays the authentication method used (None, Simple or MD5).

Stub Network This field displays whether an area is a stub network (Yes) or not (No).

Delete Click Delete to remove the selected entry from the summary table.

Cancel Click Cancel to clear the Delete check boxes.

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