Dell Networking S4810, Reference Manual

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Field Description
Metric Displays the LSA metric.
Forward Address Identifies the address of the forwarding router. Data traffic is
forwarded to this router. If the forwarding address is 0.0.0.0,
data traffic is forwarded to the originating router.
External Route
Tag Displays the 32-bit field attached to each external route.
The OSPF protocol does not use this field, but you can use
the field for external route management.
Example
Dell#show ip ospf 1 database external
OSPF Router with ID (20.20.20.5) (Process ID 1)
Type-5 AS External
LS age: 612
Options: (No TOS-capability, No DC, E)
LS type: Type-5 AS External
Link State ID: 12.12.12.2
Advertising Router: 20.31.3.1
LS Seq Number: 0x80000007
Checksum: 0x4cde
Length: 36
Network Mask: /32
Metrics Type: 2
TOS: 0
Metrics: 25
Forward Address: 0.0.0.0
External Route Tag: 43
LS age: 1868
Options: (No TOS-capability, DC)
LS type: Type-5 AS External
Link State ID: 24.216.12.0
Advertising Router: 20.20.20.8
LS Seq Number: 0x80000005
Checksum: 0xa00e
Length: 36
Network Mask: /24
Metrics Type: 2
TOS: 0
Metrics: 1
Forward Address: 0.0.0.0
External Route Tag: 701
Dell#
Related
Commands show ip ospf database — displays OSPF database information.
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Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)