
Operation Manual – IPv4 Routing
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 3 OSPF Configuration
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LSAs can be acknowledged in a single Link State Acknowledgment packet. The
following figure gives its format.
Figure 3-14
LSAck packet format
VII. LSA header format
All LSAs have the same header, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 3-15
LSA header format
Major fields:
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LS age: Time in seconds elapsed since the LSA was originated. A LSA ages in the
LSDB (added by 1 per second), but does not in transmission.
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LS type: Type of the LSA.
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Link State ID: The contents of this field depend on the LSA's type
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LS sequence number: Used by other routers to judge new and old LSAs.
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LS checksum: Checksum of the LSA except the LS age field.
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Length: Length in bytes of the LSA, including the LSA header.