The OSPF area display shows the information found in the table:
Table 17: CLI display of OSPF area information
Field
Content
Area ID
Identifier for this area.
Type
Area type, which can be either "normal" or "stub".
Cost
Metric for the default route that the routing switch will inject into a stub area if the
routing switch is an ABR for the area. This value applies only to stub areas.
SPFR
Number of times the routing switch has run the shortest path first route calculation for
this area.
ABR
Number of area border routers in this area.
ASBR
Number of autonomous system border routers in this area.
LSA
Number of LSAs in the link state database for this area.
Chksum(Hex)
Sum of the checksums of all LSAs currently in the area's link state database. This
value can be compared to the value for other routers in the area to verify database
synchronization.
Example
show ip ospf area output
switch(config)# show ip ospf area
OSPF Area Information
Area ID Type Cost SPFR ABR ASBR LSA Checksum
--------------- ------ ----- ------ ---- ---- ----- ----------
0.0.0.0 normal 0 1 0 0 1 0x0000781f
192.147.60.0 normal 0 1 0 0 1 0x0000fee6
192.147.80.0 stub 1 1 0 0 2 0x000181cd
Viewing OSPF external link-state information
Syntax:
show ip ospf external-link-state
When you enter this command, an output similar to the following is displayed:
Output for the show ip ospf external-link-state command
switch# show ip ospf external-link-state
OSPF External LSAs
Link State ID Router ID Age Sequence # Checksum
--------------- --------------- ---- ----------- ----------
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