Reference Guide

1080 | Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2)
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Commands
area virtual-link
c e s
Set a virtual link and its parameters.
Syntax
area area-id virtual-link router-id [[authentication-key [encryption-type] key] |
[
message-digest-key keyid md5 [encryption-type] key]] [dead-interval seconds]
[hello-interval seconds] [retransmit-interval seconds] [transmit-delay seconds]
To delete a virtual link, use the
no area area-id virtual-link router-id command.
To delete a parameter of a virtual link, use the
no area area-id virtual-link router-id
[[
authentication-key [encryption-type] key] | [message-digest-key keyid md5
[encryption-type] key]] [dead-interval seconds] [hello-interval seconds]
[
retransmit-interval seconds] [transmit-delay seconds] command syntax.
Parameters
router ospf Enter the ROUTER OSPF mode to configure an OSPF instance.
area-id
Specify the transit area for the virtual link in dotted decimal
format (A.B.C.D.) or enter a number from zero (0) to 65535.
router-id
Specify an ID (IP address in dotted decimal format) associated
with a virtual link neighbor.
authentication-key
[encryption-type] key |
message-digest-key keyid
md5
[encryption-type] key
(OPTIONAL) Choose between two authentication methods:
• Enter the keyword
authentication-key to enable simple
authentication followed by an alphanumeric string up to 8
characters long. Optionally, for the
encryption-type variable,
enter the number 7 before entering the key string to indicate
that an encrypted password will follow.
• Enter the keyword
message-digest-key followed by a
number from 1 to 255 as the
keyid. After the keyid, enter the
keyword md5 followed by the key. The key is an
alphanumeric string up to 16 characters long. Optionally, for
the
encryption-type variable, enter the number 7 before
entering the
key string to indicate that an encrypted
password will follow.
dead-interval seconds
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword dead-interval followed by a
number as the number of
seconds for the interval.
Range: 1 to 8192.
Default: 40 seconds.
hello-interval seconds
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword hello-interval followed by
the number of
seconds for the interval.
Range: 1 to 8192.
Default: 10 seconds.
retransmit-interval seconds
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword retransmit-interval
followed by the number of
seconds for the interval.
Range: 1 to 8192.
Default: 5 seconds.
transmit-delay seconds
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword transmit-delay followed by
the number of
seconds for the interval.
Range: 1 to 8192.
Default: 1 second.