Concept Guide

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When you enable the helper-reject role on an interface using the ipv6 ospf graceful-restart helper-reject
command, you reconfigure OSPFv3 graceful restart to function in a restarting-only role. OSPFv3 does not participate in the
graceful restart of a neighbor.
NOTE: Enter the ipv6 ospf graceful-restart helper-reject command in Interface configuration mode.
NOTE: For graceful-restart configuration to work, you must configure grace-period. Use graceful-restart grace-
period command to configure grace-period.
Enable OSPFv3 graceful restart globally by setting the grace period (in seconds).
CONF-IPV6-ROUTER-OSPF mode
graceful-restart grace-period seconds
The valid values are from 40 to 1800 seconds.
Configure an OSPFv3 interface to not act on the Grace LSAs that it receives from a restarting OSPFv3 neighbor.
INTERFACE mode
ipv6 ospf graceful-restart helper-reject
Specify the operating mode and type of events that trigger a graceful restart.
CONF-IPV6-ROUTER-OSPF mode
graceful-restart mode [planned-only | unplanned-only]
Planned-only: the OSPFv3 router supports graceful restart only for planned restarts. A planned restart is when you
manually enter a redundancy force-failover rpm command to force the primary RPM over to the secondary
RPM. During a planned restart, OSPFv3 sends out a Grace LSA before the system switches over to the secondary RPM.
OSPFv3 is notified that a planned restart is happening.
Unplanned-only: the OSPFv3 router supports graceful-restart only for unplanned restarts. During an unplanned
restart, OSPFv3 sends out a Grace LSA once the secondary RPM comes online.
The default is both planned and unplanned restarts trigger an OSPFv3 graceful restart. Selecting one or the other mode
restricts OSPFv3 to the single selected mode.
Disable OSPFv3 graceful-restart.
CONF-IPV6-ROUTER-OSPF mode
no graceful-restart grace-period
Displaying Graceful Restart
To display information on the use and configuration of OSPFv3 graceful restart, enter any of the following commands.
Display the graceful-restart configuration for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 (shown in the following example).
EXEC Privilege mode
show run ospf
Display the Type-11 Grace LSAs sent and received on an OSPFv3 router (shown in the following example).
EXEC Privilege mode
show ipv6 ospf database grace-lsa
Display the currently configured OSPFv3 parameters for graceful restart (shown in the following example).
EXEC Privilege mode
show ipv6 ospf database database-summary
The following example shows the show run ospf command.
DellEMC#show run ospf
!
router ospf 1
router-id 200.1.1.1
log-adjacency-changes
graceful-restart grace-period 180
network 20.1.1.0/24 area 0
network 30.1.1.0/24 area 0
!
ipv6 router ospf 1
Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)
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