- Alcatel Internetworking, Inc. Switch Troubleshooting Guide
OmniSwitch Troubleshooting Guide September 2005 page -23
ip ospf debug-type
Configures the type of OSPF functionality to debug. 
ip ospf debug-type [error] [warning] [state] [recv] [send] [flood] [spf] [lsdb] [rdb] [age] [vlink] 
[redist] [summary] [dbexch] [hello] [auth] [area] [intf] [mip] [info] [setup] [time] [tm] [all] 
no ip ospf debug-type [error] [warning] [state] [recv] [send] [flood] [spf] [lsdb] [rdb] [age] [vlink] 
[redist] [summary] [dbexch] [hello] [auth] [area] [intf] [mip] [info] [setup] [time] [tm] [all]
Syntax Definitions
error Administratively enables/disables debugging error messages. Error 
messages provide information of program faults.
warning Administratively enables/disables debugging warning messages. 
state Administratively enables/disables debugging OSPF state messages. 
State messages show the switch state in relation to its neighbors.
recv Administratively enables/disables debugging messages for packets 
received by OSPF. 
send Administratively enables/disables debugging messages for packets sent 
by OSPF.
flood Administratively enables/disables debugging messages for the flooding 
of Link State Advertisements (LSAs) in OSPF. 
spf Administratively enables/disables debugging messages for OSPF’s 
Shortest Path First (SPF) calculations.
lsdb Administratively enables/disables debugging messages for OSPF’s Link 
State Database (LSDB) related operations.
rdb Administratively enables/disables debugging messages for OSPF’s rout-
ing database (RDB) related operations.
age Administratively enables/disables debugging messages for OSPF’s 
aging process of LSAs.
vlink Administratively enables/disables debugging messages for OSPF’s 
virtual links operations.
redist Administratively enables/disables debugging messages for OSPF’s 
route redistribution process.
summary Administratively enables/disables debugging messages for all OSPF’s 
summarizations.
dbexch Administratively enables/disables debugging messages for OSPF neigh-
bors’ database exchange.
hello Administratively enables/disables debugging messages for OSPF’s hello 
handshaking process.










