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Configuration procedure
To enable OSPF on a router, create an OSPF process and specify areas with which the process is
associated, and the network segments contained in each area. If an interface’s IP address resides on a
network segment of an area, the interface belongs to the area and is enabled with OSPF, and OSPF
advertises the direct route of the interface.
To run OSPF, a router must have a router ID, which is the unique identifier of the router in the AS.
Following is additional information about router IDs:
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You can specify a router ID when creating the OSPF process. Any two routers in an AS must have
different router IDs. In practice, the ID of a router is the IP address of one of its interfaces.
•
If you specify no router ID when creating the OSPF process, the global router ID is used. HP
recommends you to specify a router ID when you create the OSPF process.
OSPF can run multiple processes and supports VPNs as follows:
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When a router runs multiple OSPF processes, specify a router ID for each process, which takes
effect locally and has no influence on packet exchange between routers. Two routers having
different process IDs can exchange packets.
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OSPF support for VPNs enables an OSPF process to run in a specified VPN.
To enable OSPF:
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Configure a global router
ID.
router id
router-id
Optional.
Not configured by default.
If no global router ID is configured, the
highest loopback interface IP address, if
any, is used as the router ID. If no loopback
interface IP address is available, the highest
physical interface IP address is used,
regardless of the interface status.
3.
Enable an OSPF process
and enter OSPF view.
ospf
[
process-id
|
router-id
router-id
|
vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
] *
Not enabled by default.
4.
Configure a description for
the OSPF process.
description
description
Optional.
Not configured by default.
5.
Configure an OSPF area
and enter OSPF area view.
area
area-id
Not configured by default.
6.
Configure a description for
the area.
description
description
Optional.
Not configured by default.
7.
Specify a network to enable
OSPF on the interface
attached to the network.
network
ip-address
wildcard-mask
Not configured by default.
A network segment can only belong to one
area.