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Field Description
Network Mask The IP address mask for the advertised destination.
E - bit The type of external metric. If the E - bit is set, the metric specified is a
Type 2 external metric. This means the metric is considered larger than
any link state path. If the E - bit is zero, the specified metric is a Type 1
external metric. This means that is comparable directly to the link state
metric.
Forwarding Address Data traffic for the advertised destination will be forwarded to this address.
If the Forwarding Address is set to 0.0.0.0, data traffic will be forwarded
instead to the advertisement’s originator.
TOS The Type of Service that the following cost is relevant to.
Metric The cost of this route. The interpretation of this metric depends on the
external type indication (the E - bit above).
External Route Tag A 32-bit field attached to each external route. This is not used by the
OSPF protocol itself.
OSPF General Settings
The OSPF General Settings menu allows OSPF to be enabled or disabled on the Switch
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without changing the Switch’s
OSPF configuration.
To view the following window, click Configuration > Layer 3 IP Networking > OSPF > General . To enable OSPF, first
supply an OSPF Route ID (see below), select Enabled from the State drop-down menu and click the Apply button.
Figure 6- 128. OSPF General Settings window
The following parameters are used for general OSPF configuration:
Parameter Description
OSPF Route ID
A 32-bit number (in the same format as an IP address
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xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) that uniquely
identifies the Switch in the OSPF domain. It is common to assign the highest IP
address assigned to the Switch (router). In this case, it would be 10.53.13.189, but any
unique 32-bit number will do. If 0.0.0.0 is entered, the highest IP address assigned to
the Switch will become the OSPF Route ID.
Current Route ID
Displays the OSPF Route ID currently in use by the Switch. This Route ID is displayed
as a convenience to the user when changing the Switch’s OSPF Route ID.
State Allows OSPF to be enabled or disabled globally on the Switch without changing the
OSPF configuration.