Switch User Manual

OSPF Commands 1103
Default Configuration
If no metric is defined, 10 is the default configuration.
The default role is candidate. The default metric is type 2.
Command Mode
Router OSPF Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
Specifying a metric with no metric type is equivalent to specifying a metric
with a metric type of 2.
Example
The following example configures not-so-stubby-area 10 as an NSSA.
console(config)#router ospf
console(config-router)#area 10 nssa
The following example configures the metric value and type for the default
route advertised into the NSSA and configures the NSSA so that summary
LSAs are not advertised into the NSSA.
metric-value Specifies the metric of the default route advertised to the
NSSA. (Range: 1–16777214)
metric-type-value The metric type can be one of the following :
1 A metric type of nssa-external 1
2 A metric type of nssa-external 2 (default)
role The translator role where role is one of the following :
• always - The router assumes the role of the translator when it
becomes a border router.
• candidate - The router to participate in the translator election
process when it attains border router status.
interval The period of time that an elected translator continues to
perform its duties after it determines that its translator status
has been deposed by another router. (Range: 0–3600)
Parameter Description
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