Switch User Manual

240 IP Routing Configuration and Management
Step Action
1
Select IP Routing > OSPF from the Device Manager menu. The
OSPF dialog opens.
2
Select the Virtual If tab. The Virtual If tab is illustrated below.
Virtual If tab
3
Use the fields on the tab, as described in the following table, to view
the Virtual Interface information.
Virtual Interface fields
Field Description
AreaId Specifies the unique ID of the area connected to the
interface. TIP: an area ID of 0.0.0.0 indicates the
OSPF backbone.
Neighbor Specifies ID of adjacent, reachable routers.
TransitDelay Specifies the estimated number of seconds required
to transmit a link state update packet over the virtual
interface. The transit delay is expressed as an integer
between 0 and 3600.
RetransInterval Specifies the number of seconds between link state
advertisement retransmissions for adjacencies
belonging to the virtual interface. The retransmit
interval is also used to transmit database description
and link state request packets. The retransmit interval
is expressed as an integer between 0 and 3600.
HelloInterval Specifies the interval, in seconds, between the Hello
packets sent by the router on the virtual interface.
TIP: This value must be the same for all routers
attached to a common network. The hello interval is
expressed as an integer between 1 and 65535.
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series
Configuration-IP Routing Protocols
NN47200-503 03.01 Standard
5.1 27 August 2007
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