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Chapter 20: Checking the Status of Routing Tables
Obtaining OSPF Area Information
Obtain OSPF area information if you want details about the configuration and cumulative
statistics of the SSR's attached areas. To access such information:
1. If you are not in the Front Panel view, switch to it by clicking the CoreWatch main
window.
2. Select the Monitor menu, choose Routing State , choose OSPF State , and then choose
OSPF Area Table .
An OSPF Area table similar to the following appears:
Figure 258. OSPF Area table
The following table describes the fields of the OSPF Area table's upper frame. The
Selection Details frame displays information about the item currently selected in the
upper frame. For details on using the Table toolbar, see
Appendix A: “Working with
Tables” on page 443 .
Table 60. OSPF Area table fields
Field Description
Area ID Identifies the 32-bit integer that uniquely identifies the area.
The OSPF backbone has an area ID of 0.0.0.0.
Import as Extern Indicates whether the area supports importing autonomous
system external link-state advertisements.
SPF Runs Indicates how many times the intra-area route table has been
calculated using the area's link-state database.