Switch User Manual

236 IP Routing Configuration and Management
Field Description
RtrPriority The priority of the interface. Used in
multi-access networks, this field is used in
the designated router election algorithm.
The value 0 signifies that the router is not
eligible to become the designated router
on this network. In the event of a tie in this
value, routers will use their Router ID as a tie
breaker. This is an integer value between 0
and 255.
DesignatedRouter The IP address of the Designated Router.
BackupDesignatedRouter The IP address of the Backup Designated
Router.
Type The OSPF interface type. The options
available are: broadcast or passive.
AuthType The interface authentication type. The
options available are: none, simplePassword,
or md5.
AuthKey The interface authentication key. This key is
for when AuthType is simplePassword.
PrimaryMd5Key The MD5 primar y key if it exists. Otherwise
this field will display 0.
HelloInterval The interval in seconds between the Hello
packets sent by the router on this interface.
This value must be the same for all routers
attached to a common network. This is an
integer value between 1 and 65535.
TransitDelay The estimated number of seconds it takes to
transmit a link state update packet over this
interface. This is an integer value between
0 and 3600.
RetransInterval The number of seconds between link
state advertisement retransmissions for
adjacencies belonging to this interface.
This value is also used when retransmitting
database description and link state request
packets. This is an integer value between
0 and 3600.
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series
Configuration-IP Routing Protocols
NN47200-503 03.01 Standard
5.1 27 August 2007
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