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Item Description
● E or No E is displayed on whether the originating router can accept AS External
LSAs.
LS Type Displays the LSA’s type.
Link State ID Displays the Link State ID.
Advertising
Router
Identifies the advertising router’s ID.
Checksum Displays the Fletcher checksum of the LSA’s complete contents.
Length Displays the length in bytes of the LSA.
Opaque Type Displays the Opaque type field (the first 8 bits of the Link State ID).
Opaque ID Displays the Opaque type-specific ID (the remaining 24 bits of the Link State ID).
Example
DellEMC> show ip ospf 1 database opaque-area
OSPF Router with ID (3.3.3.3) (Process ID 1)
Type-10 Opaque Link Area (Area 0)
LS age: 1133
Options: (No TOS-capability, No DC, E)
LS type: Type-10 Opaque Link Area
Link State ID: 1.0.0.1
Advertising Router: 10.16.1.160
LS Seq Number: 0x80000416
Checksum: 0x376
Length: 28
Opaque Type: 1
Opaque ID: 1
Unable to display opaque data
LS age: 833
Options: (No TOS-capability, No DC, E)
LS type: Type-10 Opaque Link Area
Link State ID: 1.0.0.2
Advertising Router: 10.16.1.160
LS Seq Number: 0x80000002
Checksum: 0x19c2
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Related
Commands
● show ip ospf database — display OSPF database information.
show ip ospf database opaque-as
Display the opaque-as (type 11) LSA information.
Syntax
show ip ospf process-id database opaque-as [link-state-id] [adv-router ip-
address]
Parameters
process-id Enter the OSPF Process ID to show a specific process. If no Process ID is entered,
command applies only to the first OSPF process.
link-state-id (OPTIONAL) Specify LSA ID in dotted decimal format. The LSA ID value depends
on the LSA type, and it can be one of the following:
● the network’s IP address for Type 3 LSAs or Type 5 LSAs
● the router’s OSPF router ID for Type 1 LSAs or Type 4 LSAs
● the default destination (0.0.0.0) for Type 5 LSAs
adv-router ip-
address
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords adv-router and the ip-address to display only
the LSA information about that router.
1136 Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)