Multicast and Routing Guide K/KA/KB.15.15
backbone Assigns the routing switch to the backbone area and
automatically assigns an area ID of0.0.0.0 and an area type
of normal.
Using 0 or 0.0.0.0 with the above ospf-area-id option
achieves the same result. The backbone area is automatically
configured as a normal area type.
Example
To configure a backbone and a normal area with an ID of "1" (0.0.0.1) on a
routing switch:
HP Switch(ospf)# area backbone
HP Switch(ospf)# area 1
Configuring a stub or NSSA area
Syntax:
area ospf-area-id stub 0-16777215 [no-summary]
area ospf-area-id nssa 0-16777215 [no-summary] [metric-type[
type1 | type2 ]]
No area ospf-area-id
After using router ospf to globally enable OSPF and enter the global OSPF
context, execute this command to assign the routing switch to a stub area or NSSA.
(Does not apply to backbone and normal OSPF area ABRs.)
The no form of the command removes the routing switch from the specified area.
Default: No areas; Range: 1 to 16 areas (of all types)
ospf-area-id Same area ID as in “Configuring an OSPF backbone or
normal area” (page 142), except you cannot assign a
backbone area number ( 0 or 0.0.0.0) to a stub or
NSSA area.
[ stub | nssa ] Designates the area identified by ospf-area-id as a
stub area or NSSA.
0-16777215 If the routing switch is used as an ABR for the designated
area, assigns the cost of the default route (to the backbone)
that is injected into the area.
NOTE: If the routing switch is not an ABR for the stub
area or NSSA, the above cost setting is still required by
the CLI, but is not used.
In the default configuration, a routing switch acting as an ABR for a stub area or
NSSA injects type-3 summary routes into the area. For an NSSA, the routing switch
also injects a type-7 default route into the area.
[no-summary] Where the routing switch is an ABR for a
stub area or an NSSA, this option reduces
the amount of link-state advertisement (LSA)
traffic entering the area from the backbone
by replacing the injection of type-3 summary
routes with injection of a type-3 default
summary route.
For NSSAs, this command also disables
injection of the type-7 default external route
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