Nortel BCM 3.7, Manual

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718 Configuring IP routing on an interface
N0008589 3.3
OSPF NBMA Neighbors
Frame Relay on Business Communications Manager is a Non Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA)
network. NBMA is a network that can connect two or more routers, but has no hardware broadcast
capability. For OSPF function properly on a NBMA network, you must configure OSPF to unicast
to the IP addresses of the routers on the network. The OSPF NBMA Neighbors screen allows you
to enter IP addresses of the NBMA Neighbors.
1
On the navigation tree, click the Services key and click the IP Routing key.
2 Click the WAN interface you want configure.
3
Click the OSPF NBMA Neighbors tab.
The OSPF NBMA Neighbors screen appears.
Adding OSPF NBMA Neighbors
1 On the Configuration menu, click Add OSPF Neighbor .
The OSPF NBMA Neighbors screen appears.
2 Configure the OSPF NBMA Neighbor parameters according to the following table.
3 Click the OK button.
Modifying OSPF NBMA Neighbors
1 Click the OSPF NBMA Neighbor you want to modify.
2 On the Configuration menu, click Modify OSPF Neighbor .
The OSPF NBMA Neighbors screen appears.
3 Change the OSPF NBMA Neighbor parameters.
4 Click the OK button.
Note: The OSPF NBMA Neighbors is available only for WAN interfaces.
Table 206 IP OSPF NBMA Neighbor parameters
Attribute Description
OSPF Neighbor
(ON#) Allows you to specify the OSPF Neighbor identifier.
Neighbor Address Allows you to specify the IP address of the neighboring router.
Neighbor Priority Allows you to specify the priority of the neighboring router. The possible values are 1 to 255 .
The default value is 1 .