Avaya ERS 8600 series, Configuration Manual

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Configuring OSPF area ranges
Configure an area address range on the OSPF router to reduce the number of ABR
advertisements into other OSPF areas. An area address range is an implied contiguous range
of area network addresses for which the ABR advertises a single summary route.
You can use any value for the OSPF area name (for example, 1.1.1.1 or 200.200.200.200).
Procedure steps
Configure an OSPF area range by using the following command:
config ipv6 ospf area
<ipaddr>
range
<ipv6addr-prefix>
Variable definitions
Use the data in the following table to use the
config ipv6 ospf area range
command.
Variable Value
advertise-metric <cost> lsa-type
<value>
Specifies the advertise metric value and LSA type.
• cost is the advertise metric vlaue in the range 0–
65535.
• value is the LSA type as either inter-area-prefix-
link or nssa-extlink.
advertise-mode <advertise|no-
advertise> Specifies the area range advertise mode as advertise
or no-advertise.
delete lsa-type <value> Deletes an LSA type.
value is the LSA type as either inter-area-prefix-
link or nssa-link.
create advertise-mode <value> lsa-
type <value> [advertise-metric
<value> ]
Creates an advertise mode for a range of IPv6 area
addresses.
• create advertise-mode <value> is advertise or no-
advertise.
• lsa-type <value> value is the LSA type as either
inter-area-prefix-link or nssa-extlink.
• advertise-metric <value> is the advertise metric 0–
65535.
Configuring OSPF area ranges
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