Command Line Reference Guide

debug ip ospf
Display debug information on OSPF. Entering the debug ip ospf commands enables OSPF debugging
for the first OSPF process.
Syntax
debug ip ospf process-id [bfd |event | packet | spf | database-
timer rate-limit]
To cancel the debug command, use the no debug ip ospf command.
Parameters
process-id Enter the OSPF Process ID to clear a specific process. If no
Process ID is entered, all OSPF processes are cleared.
bfd (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword bfd to debug only OSPF BFD
information.
event (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword event to debug only OSPF
event information.
packet (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword packet to debug only OSPF
packet information.
spf (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword spf to display the Shortest
Path First information.
database-timer
rate-limit
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords database-timer rate-
limit
to display the LSA throttling timer information.
Command
Modes
EXEC Privilege
Command
History
Version 8.3.16.1 Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
The following describes the debug ip ospf command shown in the Example
below.
Field Description
8:14 Displays the time stamp.
OSPF Displays the OSPF process ID: instance ID.
v: Displays the OSPF version. The system supports version 2
only.
t: Displays the type of packet sent:
• 1 - Hello packet
• 2 - database description
• 3 - link state request
• 4 - link state update
• 5 - link state acknowledgement
l: Displays the packet length.
Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)
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