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The following table describes the nonconfigurable data that is displayed in the External Link
State Database (LSDB) table.
LS ID The link state ID identifies the piece of the routing domain that is being
described by the advertisement. The value of the LS ID depends on the
advertisement's LS type.
Age The time since the link state advertisement was first originated, in
seconds.
Sequence The sequence number field is a signed 32-bit integer. It is used to
detect old and duplicate link state advertisements. The larger the
sequence number, the more recent the advertisement.
Checksum The checksum is used to detect data corruption of an advertisement.
This corruption can occur while an advertisement is being flooded, or
while it is being held in a router's memory. This field is the checksum of
the complete contents of the advertisement, except the LS age field.
Options The Options field in the link state advertisement header indicates which
optional capabilities are associated with the advertisement. The options
are as follows:
• Q. This enables support for QoS traffic engineering.
• E. This describes the way AS-external LSAs are flooded.
• MC. This describes the way IP multicast datagrams are forwarded
according to the standard specifications.
• O. This describes whether opaque LSAs are supported.
• V. This describes whether OSPF++ extensions for VPN/COS are
supported.
Router Options The router-specific options.
Table 147. Advanced OSPFv3 External Link State Database Table
Field Description
Router ID The 32-bit integer in dotted-decimal format that uniquely identifies the
router within the autonomous system (AS). The router ID is set on the
OSPFv3 Configuration page. To change the router ID you must first
disable OSPFv3. After you set the new router ID, you must reenable
OSPFv3 for the change to take effect. The default value is 0.0.0.0,
although this is not a valid router ID.
LSA Type The format and function of the link state advertisement. LSA Type is
one of the following:
• Router LSA. A router can originate one or more router LSAs for a
given area. Each router LSA originated in an area describes the
collected states of all the router's interfaces to the area.
• Network LSA. A network LSA is originated for every link having
two or more attached routers, by the designated router. It lists all
the routers attached to the link.
Table 146. Advanced OSPFv3 Link State Database (continued)
Field Description