Administrator Guide

cost Specifies the stub area’s advertised external route metric. The
range is from zero (0) to 65535.
Defaults cost = 1; no areas are configured.
Command
Modes
ROUTER OSPF
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Version
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.8.1.0 Added support for the Multi-Process OSPF.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-Version
6.1.1.1
Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
In the Dell Networking operating software (OS), cost is defined as reference
bandwidth/bandwidth.
Related
Commands
area stub — creates a stub area.
area nssa
Specify an area as a not so stubby area (NSSA).
Z9000
Syntax
area area-id nssa [default-information-originate] [no-
redistribution] [no-summary]
To delete an NSSA, use the no area area-id nssa command.
Parameters
area-id Specify the OSPF area in dotted decimal format (A.B.C.D.) or
enter a number from zero (0) to 65535.
no-
redistribution
(OPTIONAL) Specify that the redistribute command does
not distribute routes into the NSSA. Only use this command
in an NSSA area border router (ABR).
1030
Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)