OSPF command

OSPF Commands P1R-249
OSPF Commands
Use the commands in this chapter to configure and monitor the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
routing protocol. For OSPF configuration information and examples, refer to the “Configuring
OSPF” chapter of the Network Protocols Configuration Guide, Part 1.

P1R-250 Network Protocols Command Reference, Part 1
area authentication
area authentication
To enable authentication for an OSPF area, use the area authentication router configuration
command. To remove an area’s authentication specification or a specified area from the
configuration, use the no form of this command.
area area-id authentication [message-digest]
no area area-id authentication
no area area-id
Syntax Description
Default
Type 0 authentication (no authentication)
Command Mode
Router configuration
Usage Guidelines
This command first appeared in Cisco IOS Release 10.0. The message-digest keyword first
appeared in Cisco IOS Release 11.0.
Specifying authentication for an area sets the authentication to Type 1 (simple password) as specified
in RFC 1247. If this command is not included in the configuration file, authentication of Type 0 (no
authentication) is assumed.
The authentication type must be the same for all routers and access servers in an area. The
authentication password for all OSPF routers on a network must be the same if they are to
communicate with each other via OSPF. Use the ip ospf authentication-key command to specify
this password.
If you enable MD5 authentication with the message-digest keyword, you must configure a password
with the ip ospf message-digest-key command.
To remove the area’s authentication specification, use the no form of this command with the
authentication keyword.
Note To remove the specified area from the software configuration, use the command no area
area-id (with no other keywords). That is, no area area-id removes all area options, such as area
authentication, area default-cost, area nssa, area range, area stub, and area virtual-link.
area-id Identifier of the area for which authentication is to be enabled. The
identifier can be specified as either a decimal value or an IP address.
message-digest (Optional) Enables MD5 authentication on the area specified by area-id.

area authentication
Example
The following example mandates authentication for areas 0 and 36.0.0.0 of OSPF routing
process 201. Authentication keys are also provided.
interface ethernet 0
ip address 131.119.251.201 255.255.255.0
ip ospf authentication-key adcdefgh
!
ip address 36.56.0.201 255.255.0.0
ip ospf authentication-key ijklmnop
!
router ospf 201
network 36.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 36.0.0.0
network 131.119.0.0 0.0.255.255 area 0
area 36.0.0.0 authentication
area 0 authentication
Related Commands
You can use the master indexes or search online to ﬁnd documentation of related commands.
area default-cost
area stub
ip ospf authentication-key
ip ospf message-digest-key

area default-cost
area default-cost
To specify a cost for the default summary route sent into a stub area, use the area default-cost router
configuration command. To remove the assigned default route cost, use the no form of this
command.
area area-id default-cost cost
no area area-id default-cost cost
no area area-id
Syntax Description
Default
Cost of 1
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
This command first appeared in Cisco IOS Release 10.0.
The command is used only on an area border router attached to a stub area.
There are two stub area router configuration commands: the stub and default-cost options of the
area command. In all routers and access servers attached to the stub area, the area should be
configured as a stub area using the stub option of the area command. Use the default-cost option
only on an area border router attached to the stub area. The default-cost option provides the metric
for the summary default route generated by the area border router into the stub area.
Example
The following example assigns a default-cost of 20 to stub network 36.0.0.0:
ip address 36.56.0.201 255.255.0.0
!
router ospf 201
network 36.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 36.0.0.0
area 36.0.0.0 stub
area 36.0.0.0 default-cost 20
area-id Identifier for the stub area. The identifier can be specified as
either a decimal value or as an IP address.
cost Cost for the default summary route used for a stub area. The
acceptable value is a 24-bit number.

area default-cost
Related Commands
area authentication
area stub

area nssa
area nssa
To configure an area as a not so stubby area (NSSA), use the area nssa router configuration
command. To remove the nssa distinction from the area, use the no form of this command.
area area-id nssa [no-redistribution] [default-information-originate]
no area area-id nssa
no area area-id
Syntax Description
Default
No NSSA area is defined.
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
Example
In the following example, NSSA authentication is enabled on area 1:
router ospf1
redistribute rip subnets
network 172.19.92.0.0.0.0.255 area 1
area 1 nssa
area-id Identifier of the area for which authentication is to be enabled. The
identifier can be specified as either a decimal value or an IP address.
no-redistribution (Optional) Used when the router is a NSSA ABR and you want the
redistribute command to import routes only into the normal areas, but
not into the NSSA area.
default-information-
originate
(Optional) Used to generate a Type 7 default into the NSSA area. This
argument only takes effect on NSSA ABR.

area range
area range
To consolidate and summarize routes at an area boundary, use the area range router configuration
command. To disable this function, use the no form of this command.
area area-id range address mask
no area area-id range address mask
no area area-id
Syntax Description
Default
Disabled
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
The area range command is used only with area border routers (ABRs). It is used to consolidate or
summarize routes for an area. The result is that a single summary route is advertised to other areas
by the ABR. Routing information is condensed at area boundaries. External to the area, a single route
is advertised for each address range. This is called route summarization.
Multiple area router configuration commands specifying the range option can be configured. Thus,
OSPF can summarize addresses for many different sets of address ranges.
Example
The following example specifies one summary route to be advertised by the ABR to other areas for
all subnets on network 36.0.0.0 and for all hosts on network 192.42.110.0:
ip address 192.42.110.201 255.255.255.0
!
ip address 36.56.0.201 255.255.0.0
!
area-id Identifier of the area about which routes are to be summarized.
It can be specified as either a decimal value or as an IP address.
address IP address.
mask IP mask.

area range
router ospf 201
network 36.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 36.0.0.0
network 192.42.110.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
area 36.0.0.0 range 36.0.0.0 255.0.0.0
area 0 range 192.42.110.0 255.255.255.0

area stub
area stub
To define an area as a stub area, use the area stub router configuration command. To disable this
function, use the no form of this command.
area area-id stub [no-summary]
no area area-id stub
no area area-id
Syntax Description
Default
No stub area is defined.
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
You must configure the area stub command on all routers and access servers in the stub area. Use
the area router configuration command with the default-cost option to specify the cost of a default
internal router sent into a stub area by an area border router.
There are two stub area router configuration commands: the stub and default-cost options of the
area router configuration command. In all routers attached to the stub area, the area should be
configured as a stub area using the stub option of the area command. Use the default-cost option
only on an ABR attached to the stub area. The default-cost option provides the metric for the
summary default route generated by the area border router into the stub area.
To further reduce the number of link state advertisements (LSA) sent into a stub area, you can
configure no-summary on the ABR to prevent it from sending summary LSAs (LSA type 3) into
the stub area.
Example
The following example assigns a default cost of 20 to stub network 36.0.0.0:
ip address 36.56.0.201 255.255.0.0
!
area-id Identifier for the stub area; either a decimal value or an IP address.
no-summary (Optional) Prevents an ABR from sending summary link advertisements
into the stub area.

area stub
router ospf 201
network 36.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 36.0.0.0
area 36.0.0.0 stub
area 36.0.0.0 default-cost 20
Related Commands
area authentication
area default-cost

area virtual-link
area virtual-link
To deﬁne an OSPF virtual link, use the area virtual-link router conﬁguration command with the
optional parameters. To remove a virtual link, use the no form of this command.
area area-id virtual-link router-id [hello-interval seconds] [retransmit-interval seconds]
[transmit-delay seconds] [dead-interval seconds] [[authentication-key key] |
[message-digest-key keyid md5 key]]
no area area-id virtual-link router-id [hello-interval seconds] [retransmit-interval seconds]
[transmit-delay seconds] [dead-interval seconds] [[authentication-key key] |
[message-digest-key keyid md5 key]]
no area area-id
Syntax Description
area-id Area ID assigned to the transit area for the virtual link. This can
be either a decimal value or a valid IP address. There is no
default.
router-id Router ID associated with the virtual link neighbor. The router
ID appears in the show ip ospf display. It is internally derived
by each router from the router’s interface IP addresses. This
value must be entered in the format of an IP address. There is no
default.
hello-interval seconds (Optional) Time in seconds between the hello packets that the
Cisco IOS software sends on an interface. Unsigned integer
value to be advertised in the software’s hello packets. The value
must be the same for all routers and access servers attached to a
common network. The default is 10 seconds.
retransmit-interval seconds (Optional) Time in seconds between link state advertisement
retransmissions for adjacencies belonging to the interface.
Expected round-trip delay between any two routers on the
attached network. The value must be greater than the expected
round-trip delay. The default is 5 seconds.
transmit-delay seconds (Optional) Estimated time in seconds it takes to transmit a link
state update packet on the interface. Integer value that must be
greater than zero. Link state advertisements in the update packet
have their age incremented by this amount before transmission.
The default value is 1 second.
dead-interval seconds (Optional) Time in seconds that a software’s hello packets are
not seen before its neighbors declare the router down. Unsigned
integer value. The default is four times the hello interval, or
40 seconds. As with the hello interval, this value must be the
same for all routers and access servers attached to a common
network.

area virtual-link
Defaults
area-id: No area ID is predefined.
router-id: No router ID is predefined.
hello-interval seconds: 10 seconds
retransmit-interval seconds: 5 seconds
transmit-delay seconds: 1 second
dead-interval seconds: 40 seconds
authentication-key key: No key is predefined.
message-digest-key keyid md5 key: No key is predefined.
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
This command first appeared in Cisco IOS Release 10.0. The following keywords and arguments
first appeared in Cisco IOS Release 11.0: message-digest-key keyid md5 key.
In OSPF, all areas must be connected to a backbone area. If the connection to the backbone is lost,
it can be repaired by establishing a virtual link.
The smaller the hello interval, the faster topological changes will be detected, but more routing
traffic will ensue.
The setting of the retransmit interval should be conservative, or needless retransmissions will result.
The value should be larger for serial lines and virtual links.
The transmit delay value should take into account the transmission and propagation delays for the
interface.
The Cisco IOS software will use the specified authentication key only when authentication is
enabled for the backbone with the area area-id authentication router configuration command.
authentication-key key (Optional) Password to be used by neighboring routers. Any
continuous string of characters that you can enter from the
keyboard up to 8 bytes long. This string acts as a key that will
allow the authentication procedure to generate or verify the
authentication field in the OSPF header. This key is inserted
directly into the OSPF header when originating routing protocol
packets. A separate password can be assigned to each network
on a per-interface basis. All neighboring routers on the same
network must have the same password to be able to route OSPF
traffic. The password is encrypted in the configuration file if the
service password-encryption command is enabled. There is no
default value.
message-digest-key keyid md5
key
(Optional) Key identifier and password to be used by
neighboring routers and this router for MD5 authentication. The
keyid is a number in the range 1 to 255. The key is an
alphanumeric string of up to 16 characters. All neighboring
routers on the same network must have the same key identifier
and key to be able to route OSPF traffic. There is no default
value.

area virtual-link
The two authentication schemes, simple text and MD5 authentication, are mutually exclusive. You
can specify one or the other or neither. Any keywords and arguments you specify after
authentication-key key or message-digest-key keyid md5 key are ignored. Therefore, specify any
optional arguments before such a keyword-argument combination.
Note Each virtual link neighbor must include the transit area ID and the corresponding virtual link
neighbor’s router ID in order for a virtual link to be properly conﬁgured. Use the show ip ospf EXEC
command to see the router ID.
Examples
The following example establishes a virtual link with default values for all optional parameters:
router ospf 201
network 36.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 36.0.0.0
area 36.0.0.0 virtual-link 36.3.4.5
The following example establishes a virtual link with MD5 authentication:
router ospf 201
network 36.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 36.0.0.0
area 36.0.0.0 virtual-link 36.3.4.5 message-digest-key 3 md5 sa5721bk47
Related Commands
area authentication
service password-encryption
show ip ospf

default-information originate (OSPF)
To generate a default route into an OSPF routing domain, use the default-information originate
router configuration command. To disable this feature, use the no form of this command.
default-information originate [always] [metric metric-value] [metric-type type-value]
{level-1 | level-1-2 | level-2} [route-map map-name]
no default-information originate [always] [metric metric-value] [metric-type type-value]
{level-1 | level-1-2 | level-2} [route-map map-name]
Syntax Description
Default
Disabled
Command Mode
originate Causes the Cisco IOS software to generate a default external
route into an OSPF domain if the software already has a default
route and you want to propagate to other routers.
always (Optional) Always advertises the default route regardless of
whether the software has a default route.
metric metric-value (Optional) Metric used for generating the default route. If you
omit a value and do not specify a value using the
default-metric router configuration command, the default
metric value is 10. The value used is specific to the protocol.
metric-type type-value (Optional) External link type associated with the default route
advertised into the OSPF routing domain. It can be one of the
following values:
1—Type 1 external route
2—Type 2 external route
The default is Type 2 external route.
level-1 Level 1 routes are redistributed into other IP routing protocols
independently. It specifies if IS-IS advertises network 0.0.0.0
into the Level 1 area.
level-1-2 Both Level 1 and Level 2 routes are redistributed into other IP
routing protocols. It specifies if IS-IS advertises network 0.0.0.0
into both levels in a single command.
level-2 Level 2 routes are redistributed into other IP routing protocols
independently. It specifies if IS-IS advertises network 0.0.0.0
into the Level 2 subdomain.
route-map map-name (Optional) Routing process will generate the default route if the
route map is satisfied.

Usage Guidelines
Whenever you use the redistribute or the default-information router configuration commands to
redistribute routes into an OSPF routing domain, the Cisco IOS software automatically becomes an
autonomous system boundary router (ASBR). However, an ASBR does not, by default, generate a
default route into the OSPF routing domain. The software still must have a default route for itself
before it generates one, except when you have specified the always keyword.
When you use this command for the OSPF process, the default network must reside in the routing
table and you must satisfy the route-map map-name keyword. Use the default-information
originate always route-map map-name form of the command when you do not want the
dependency on the default network in the routing table.
Example
The following example specifies a metric of 100 for the default route redistributed into the OSPF
routing domain and an external metric type of Type 1:
router ospf 109
redistribute igrp 108 metric 100 subnets
default-information originate metric 100 metric-type 1
Related Commands
redistribute

default-metric
default-metric
To set default metric values for the OSPF routing protocol, use this form of the default-metric
router configuration command. To return to the default state, use the no form of this command.
default-metric number
no default-metric number
Syntax Description
Default
Built-in, automatic metric translations, as appropriate for each routing protocol
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
The default-metric command is used in conjunction with the redistribute router configuration
command to cause the current routing protocol to use the same metric value for all redistributed
routes. A default metric helps solve the problem of redistributing routes with incompatible metrics.
Whenever metrics do not convert, using a default metric provides a reasonable substitute and enables
the redistribution to proceed.
Example
The following example shows a router in autonomous system 109 using both the RIP and the OSPF
routing protocols. The example advertises OSPF-derived routes using the RIP protocol and assigns
the IGRP-derived routes a RIP metric of 10.
router rip
default-metric 10
redistribute ospf 109
Related Commands
redistribute
number Default metric value appropriate for the specified routing
protocol.

To assign a password to be used by neighboring routers that are using OSPF’s simple password
authentication, use the ip ospf authentication-key interface configuration command. To remove a
previously assigned OSPF password, use the no form of this command.
ip ospf authentication-key password
no ip ospf authentication-key
Syntax Description
Default
No password is specified.
Command Mode
Interface configuration
Usage Guidelines
The password created by this command is used as a “key” that is inserted directly into the OSPF
header when the Cisco IOS software originates routing protocol packets. A separate password can
be assigned to each network on a per-interface basis. All neighboring routers on the same network
must have the same password to be able to exchange OSPF information.
Note The Cisco IOS software will use this key only when authentication is enabled for an area with
the area authentication router configuration command.
Example
In the following example, the authentication key is enabled with the string yourpass:
ip ospf authentication-key yourpass
Related Commands
area authentication
password Any continuous string of characters that can be entered from the
keyboard up to 8 bytes in length.

ip ospf cost
ip ospf cost
To explicitly specify the cost of sending a packet on an interface, use the ip ospf cost interface
conﬁguration command. To reset the path cost to the default value, use the no form of this command.
ip ospf cost cost
no ip ospf cost
Syntax Description
Default
No default cost is predeﬁned.
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
You can set the metric manually using this command, if you need to change the default. Using the
bandwidth command changes the link cost as long as this command is not used.
The link state metric is advertised as the link cost in the router link advertisement. We do not support
type of service (TOS), so you can assign only one cost per interface.
In general, the path cost is calculated using the following formula:
108
Bandwidth
Using this formula, the default path costs were calculated as noted in the following list. If these
values do not suit your network, you can use your own method of calculating path costs.
• 56-kbps serial link—Default cost is 1785
• 64-kbps serial link—Default cost is 1562
• T1 (1.544-Mbps serial link)—Default cost is 65
• E1 (2.048-Mbps serial link)—Default cost is 48
• 4-Mbps Token Ring—Default cost is 25
• Ethernet—Default cost is 10
• 16-Mbps Token Ring—Default cost is 6
• FDDI—Default cost is 1
Example
The following example sets the interface cost value to 65:
ip ospf cost 65
cost Unsigned integer value expressed as the link state metric. It can
be a value in the range 1 to 65535.

ip ospf dead-interval
To set how long hello packets must not have been seen before its neighbors declare the router down,
use the ip ospf dead-interval interface configuration command. To return to the default time, use
the no form of this command.
ip ospf dead-interval seconds
no ip ospf dead-interval
Syntax Description
Default
Four times the interval set by the ip ospf hello-interval command
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
The interval is advertised in the router’s hello packets. This value must be the same for all routers
and access servers on a specific network.
Example
The following example sets the OSPF dead interval to 60 seconds:
ip ospf dead-interval 60
Related Commands
ip ospf hello-interval
seconds Unsigned integer that specifies the interval in seconds; the value
must be the same for all nodes on the network.

ip ospf demand-circuit
To configure OSPF to treat the interface as an OSPF demand circuit, use the ip ospf demand-circuit
interface configuration command. To remove the demand circuit designation from the interface, use
the no form of this command.
no ip ospf demand-circuit
Syntax Description
This command has no arguments or keywords.
Default
The circuit is not a demand circuit.
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
On point-to-point interfaces, only one end of the demand circuit must be configured with this
command. Periodic hellos are suppressed and periodic refreshes of LSAs do not flood the demand
circuit. It allows the underlying datalink layer to be closed when the topology is stable. In
point-to-multipoint topology, only the multipoint end must configured with this command.
Example
The following example sets the configures an ISDN on demand circuit:
router ospf1
network 18.0.3.0.0.0.0.25 area 0
interface BRIO

To specify the interval between hello packets that the Cisco IOS software sends on the interface, use
the ip ospf hello-interval interface configuration command. To return to the default time, use the no
form of this command.
ip ospf hello-interval seconds
no ip ospf hello-interval
Syntax Description
Default
10 seconds
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
This value is advertised in the hello packets. The smaller the hello interval, the faster topological
changes will be detected, but more routing traffic will ensue. This value must be the same for all
routers and access servers on a specific network.
Example
The following example sets the interval between hello packets to 15 seconds:
ip ospf hello-interval 15
Related Commands
seconds Unsigned integer that specifies the interval in seconds. The
value must be the same for all nodes on a specific network.

To enable OSPF MD5 authentication, use the ip ospf message-digest-key interface configuration
command. To remove an old MD5 key, use the no form of this command.
ip ospf message-digest-key keyid md5 key
no ip ospf message-digest-key keyid
Syntax Description
Default
OSPF MD5 authentication is disabled.
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
Usually, one key per interface is used to generate authentication information when sending packets
and to authenticate incoming packets. The same key identifier on the neighbor router must have the
same key value.
The process of changing keys is as follows. Suppose the current configuration is as follows:
ip ospf message-digest-key 100 md5 OLD
You change the configuration to the following:
ip ospf message-digest-key 101 md5 NEW
The system assumes its neighbors do not have the new key yet, so it begins a rollover process. It
sends multiple copies of the same packet, each authenticated by different keys. In this example, the
system sends out two copies of the same packet—the first one authenticated by key 100 and the
second one authenticated by key 101.
Rollover allows neighboring routers to continue communication while the network administrator is
updating them with the new key. Rollover stops once the local system finds that all its neighbors
know the new key. The system detects that a neighbor has the new key when it receives packets from
the neighbor authenticated by the new key.
After all neighbors have been updated with the new key, the old key should be removed. In this
example, you would enter the following:
no ip ospf message-digest-key 100
Then, only key 101 is used for authentication on Ethernet interface 1.
keyid An identifier in the range 1 to 255.
key Alphanumeric password of up to 16 bytes.

We recommend that you not keep more than one key per interface. Every time you add a new key,
you should remove the old key to prevent the local system from continuing to communicate with a
hostile system that knows the old key. Removing the old key also reduces overhead during rollover.
Example
The following example sets a new key 19 with the password 8ry4222:
ip ospf message-digest-key 10 md5 xvv560qle
ip ospf message-digest-key 19 md5 8ry4222
Related Commands
area authentication

ip ospf name-lookup
ip ospf name-lookup
To configure OSPF to look up Domain Name System (DNS) names for use in all OSPF show EXEC
command displays, use the ip ospf name-lookup global configuration command. To disable this
feature, use the no form of this command.
ip ospf name-lookup
no ip ospf name-lookup
Syntax Description
Default
Disabled
Command Mode
Global configuration
Usage Guidelines
This feature makes it easier to identify a router because it is displayed by name rather than by its
router ID or neighbor ID.
Example
The following example configures OSPF to look up DNS names for use in all OSPF show EXEC
command displays:
ip ospf name-lookup
Sample Display
The following is sample output from the show ip ospf database EXEC command, for example, once
you have enabled the DNS name lookup feature:
Router# show ip ospf database
OSPF Router with id (160.89.41.1) (Autonomous system 109)
Router Link States (Area 0.0.0.0)
Link ID ADV Router Age Seq# Checksum Link count
160.89.41.1 router 381 0x80000003 0x93BB 4
160.89.34.2 neon 380 0x80000003 0xD5C8 2
Net Link States (Area 0.0.0.0)
Link ID ADV Router Age Seq# Checksum
160.89.32.1 router 381 0x80000001 0xC117

ip ospf network
ip ospf network
To configure the OSPF network type to a type other than the default for a given media, use the ip ospf
network interface configuration command. To return to the default value, use the no form of this
command.
ip ospf network {broadcast | non-broadcast | point-to-multipoint}
no ip ospf network
Syntax Description
Default
Depends on the network type.
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
This command first appeared in Cisco IOS Release 10.0. The point-to-multipoint keyword first
appeared in Cisco IOS Release 10.3.
Using this feature, you can configure broadcast networks as nonbroadcast multiaccess (NBMA)
networks when, for example, you have routers in your network that do not support multicast
addressing. You can also configure nonbroadcast multiaccess networks (such as X.25, Frame Relay,
and SMDS) as broadcast networks. This feature saves you from having to configure neighbors.
Configuring NBMA networks as either broadcast or nonbroadcast assumes that there are virtual
circuits from every router to every router or fully meshed network. This is not true for some cases,
for example, because of cost constraints or when you have only a partially meshed network. In these
cases, you can configure the OSPF network type as a point-to-multipoint network. Routing between
two routers that are not directly connected will go through the router that has virtual circuits to both
routers. Note that you do not need to configure neighbors when using this feature.
If this command is issued on an interface that does not allow it, it will be ignored.
Example
The following example sets your OSPF network as a broadcast network:
interface serial 0
ip address 160.89.77.17 255.255.255.0
ip ospf network broadcast
encapsulation frame-relay
broadcast Sets the network type to broadcast.
non-broadcast Sets the network type to nonbroadcast.
point-to-multipoint Sets the network type to point-to-multipoint.

ip ospf network
Related Commands
frame-relay map
neighbor (OSPF)
x25 map

ip ospf priority
ip ospf priority
To set the router priority, which helps determine the designated router for this network, use the
ip ospf priority interface configuration command. To return to the default value, use the no form of
this command.
ip ospf priority number
no ip ospf priority
Syntax Description
Default
Priority of 1
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
When two routers attached to a network both attempt to become the designated router, the one with
the higher router priority takes precedence. If there is a tie, the router with the higher router ID takes
precedence. A router with a router priority set to zero is ineligible to become the designated router
or backup designated router. Router priority is only configured for interfaces to multiaccess
networks (in other words, not point-to-point networks).
This priority value is used when you configure OSPF for nonbroadcast networks using the neighbor
router configuration command for OSPF.
Example
The following example sets the router priority value to 4:
ip ospf priority 4
Related Commands
ip ospf network
neighbor (OSPF)
number 8-bit unsigned integer that specifies the priority. The range is from 0 to 255.

ip ospf retransmit-interval
ip ospf retransmit-interval
To specify the time between link state advertisement retransmissions for adjacencies belonging to
the interface, use the ip ospf retransmit-interval interface conﬁguration command. To return to the
default value, use the no form of this command.
ip ospf retransmit-interval seconds
no ip ospf retransmit-interval
Syntax Description
Default
5 seconds
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
When a router sends a link state advertisement (LSA) to its neighbor, it keeps the LSA until it
receives back the acknowledgment. If it receives no acknowledgment in seconds, it will retransmit
the LSA.
The setting of this parameter should be conservative, or needless retransmission will result. The
value should be larger for serial lines and virtual links.
Example
The following example sets the retransmit-interval value to 8 seconds:
ip ospf retransmit-interval 8
seconds Time in seconds between retransmissions. It must be greater than the
expected round-trip delay between any two routers on the attached
network. The range is 1 to 65535 seconds. The default is 5 seconds.

ip ospf transmit-delay
ip ospf transmit-delay
To set the estimated time it takes to transmit a link state update packet on the interface, use the
ip ospf transmit-delay interface configuration command. To return to the default value, use the no
ip ospf transmit-delay seconds
no ip ospf transmit-delay
Syntax Description
Default
1 second
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
Link state advertisements in the update packet must have their ages incremented by the amount
specified in the seconds argument before transmission. The value assigned should take into account
the transmission and propagation delays for the interface.
If the delay is not added before transmission over a link, the time in which the LSA propagates over
the link is not considered. This setting has more significance on very low speed links.
Example
The following example sets the retransmit-delay value to 3 seconds:
ip ospf transmit-delay 3
seconds Time in seconds that it takes to transmit a link state update.The range is
1 to 65535 seconds. The default is 1 second.

neighbor (OSPF)
neighbor (OSPF)
To configure OSPF routers interconnecting to nonbroadcast networks, use this form of the neighbor
router configuration command. To remove a configuration, use the no form of this command.
neighbor ip-address [priority number] [poll-interval seconds]
no neighbor ip-address [priority number] [poll-interval seconds]
Syntax Description
Default
No configuration is specified.
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
X.25 and Frame Relay provide an optional broadcast capability that can be configured in the map to
allow OSPF to run as a broadcast network. At the OSPF level you can configure the router as a
broadcast network. See the x25 map and frame-relay map commands in “X.25 Commands” and
“Frame Relay Commands” chapters, respectively, in the Wide-Area Networking Command
Reference for more detail.
One neighbor entry must be included in the Cisco IOS software configuration for each known
nonbroadcast network neighbor. The neighbor address has to be on the primary address of the
interface.
If a neighboring router has become inactive (hello packets have not been seen for the Router Dead
Interval period), it may still be necessary to send hello packets to the dead neighbor. These hello
packets will be sent at a reduced rate called Poll Interval.
When the router first starts up, it sends only hello packets to those routers with non-zero priority, that
is, routers which are eligible to become designated routers (DR) and backup designated routers
(BDR). After DR and BDR are selected, DR and BDR will then start sending hello packets to all
neighbors in order to form adjacencies.
ip-address Interface IP address of the neighbor.
priority number (Optional) 8-bit number indicating the router priority value of the
nonbroadcast neighbor associated with the IP address specified. The default
is 0.
poll-interval
seconds
(Optional) Unsigned integer value reflecting the poll interval. RFC 1247
recommends that this value be much larger than the hello interval. The
default is 2 minutes (120 seconds).

neighbor (OSPF)
Example
The following example declares a router at address 131.108.3.4 on a nonbroadcast network, with a
priority of 1 and a poll-interval of 180:
router ospf
neighbor 131.108.3.4 priority 1 poll-interval 180
Related Commands
ip ospf priority

network area
network area
To define the interfaces on which OSPF runs and to define the area ID for those interfaces, use the
network area router configuration command. To disable OSPF routing for interfaces defined with
the address wildcard-mask pair, use the no form of this command.
network address wildcard-mask area area-id
no network address wildcard-mask area area-id
Syntax Description
Default
Disabled
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
The address and wildcard-mask arguments together allow you to define one or multiple interfaces to
be associated with a specific OSPF area using a single command. Using the wildcard-mask allows
you to define one or multiple interfaces to be associated with a specific OSPF area using a single
command. If you intend to associate areas with IP subnets, you can specify a subnet address as the
area-id.
For OSPF to operate on the interface, that interface’s primary address must be covered by the
network area command. If the network area command covers only the secondary address, it will
not enable OSPF over that interface.
The Cisco IOS software sequentially evaluates the address/wildcard-mask pair for each interface as
follows:
1 The wildcard-mask is logically ORed with the interface IP address.
2 The wildcard-mask is logically ORed with address in the network command.
3 The software compares the two resulting values.
4 If they match, OSPF is enabled on the associated interface and this interface is attached to the
OSPF area specified.
address IP address.
wildcard-mask IP-address-type mask that includes “don’t care” bits.
area-id Area that is to be associated with the OSPF address range. It can be
specified as either a decimal value or as an IP address. If you intend to
associate areas with IP subnets, you can specify a subnet address as the
area-id.

network area
Note Any individual interface can only be attached to a single area. If the address ranges specified
for different areas overlap, the software will adopt the first area in the network command list and
ignore the subsequent overlapping portions. In general, it is recommended that you devise address
ranges that do not overlap in order to avoid inadvertent conflicts.
Example
In the following partial example, OSPF routing process 109 is initialized, and four OSPF areas are
defined: 10.9.50.0, 2, 3, and 0. Areas 10.9.50.0, 2, and 3 mask specific address ranges, while area 0
enables OSPF for all other networks.
ip address 131.108.20.1 255.255.255.0
router ospf 109
network 131.108.20.0 0.0.0.255 area 10.9.50.0
network 131.108.0.0 0.0.255.255 area 2
network 131.109.10.0 0.0.0.255 area 3
network 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 area 0
Related Commands
router ospf

ospf auto-cost
ospf auto-cost
To control how OSPF calculates default metrics for the interface, use the ospf auto-cost router
conﬁguration command. To assign cost based only on the interface type, use the no form of this
command.
ospf auto-cost reference-bandwidth ref-bw
no ospf auto-cost reference-bandwidth
Syntax Description
Default
100 Mbits
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
In Cisco IOS Release 10.3 and later, by default OSPF will calculate the OSPF metric for an interface
according to the bandwidth of the interface. For example, a 64K link will get a metric of 1562, while
a T1 link will have a metric of 64.
The OSPF metric is calculated as ref-bw divided by bandwidth, with ref-bw equal to 108
by default,
and bandwidth determined by the bandwidth command. The calculation gives FDDI a metric of 1.
If you have multiple links with high bandwidth (such as FDDI or ATM), you might want to use a
larger number to differentiate the cost on those links.
The value set by the ip ospf cost command overrides the cost resulting from the ospf auto-cost
command.
Example
The following example changes the cost of the FDDI link to 10, while the gigabit Ethernet link
remains at a cost of 1. Thus, the link costs are differentiated.
router ospf 1
ospf auto-cost reference-bandwidth 1000
Related Commands
ip ospf cost
ref-bw Rate in megabits per second (bandwidth). The range is 1 to
4294967; the default is 100.

ospf log-adj-changes
To configure the router to send a syslog message when the state of an OSPF neighbor changes, use
the ospf log-adj-changes router configuration command. To turn off this feature, use the no form of
this command.
no ospf log-adj-changes
Syntax Description
Default
No such syslog message is sent.
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
Configure this command if you want to know about OSPF neighbor changes without turning on the
debugging command debug ip ospf adjacency. The ospf log-adj-changes command provides a
higher level view of changes to the state of the peer relationship with less output.
Example
The following example configures the router to send a syslog message for any neighbor state
changes:

router ospf
router ospf
To configure an OSPF routing process, use the router ospf global configuration command. To
terminate an OSPF routing process, use the no form of this command.
router ospf process-id
no router ospf process-id
Syntax Description
Default
No OSPF routing process is defined.
Command Mode
Global configuration
Usage Guidelines
You can specify multiple OSPF routing processes in each router.
Example
The following example shows how to configure an OSPF routing process and assign a process
number of 109:
router ospf 109
Related Commands
network area
process-id Internally used identification parameter for an OSPF routing
process. It is locally assigned and can be any positive integer. A
unique value is assigned for each OSPF routing process.

show ip ospf
show ip ospf
To display general information about OSPF routing processes, use the show ip ospf EXEC
command.
show ip ospf [process-id]
Syntax Description
Command Mode
EXEC
Usage Guidelines
Sample Display
The following is sample output from the show ip ospf command when entered without a speciﬁc
OSPF process ID:
Router# show ip ospf
Routing Process “ospf 201" with ID 192.42.110.200
Supports only single TOS(TOS0) route
It is an area border and autonomous system boundary router
Summary Link update interval is 0:30:00 and the update due in 0:16:26
External Link update interval is 0:30:00 and the update due in 0:16:27
Redistributing External Routes from,
igrp 200 with metric mapped to 2, includes subnets in redistribution
rip with metric mapped to 2
igrp 2 with metric mapped to 100
igrp 32 with metric mapped to 1
Number of areas in this router is 3
Area 192.42.110.0
Number of interfaces in this area is 1
Area has simple password authentication
SPF algorithm executed 6 times
Area ranges are
Link State Update Interval is 0:30:00 and due in 0:16:55
Link State Age Interval is 0:20:00 and due in 0:06:55
process-id (Optional) Process ID. If this argument is included, only
information for the speciﬁed routing process is included.

show ip ospf
Table 26 describes signiﬁcant ﬁelds shown in the display.
Table 26 Show IP OSPF Field Descriptions
Field Description
Routing process “ospf 201” with ID
192.42.110.200
Process ID and OSPF router ID.
Supports ... Number of Types of service supported (Type 0 only).
It is ... Possible types are internal, area border, or autonomous system
boundary.
Summary Link update interval Specify summary update interval in hours:minutes:seconds, and
time to next update.
External Link update interval Specify external update interval in hours:minutes:seconds, and
time to next update.
Redistributing External Routes from Lists of redistributed routes, by protocol.
Number of areas Number of areas in router, area addresses, and so on.
Link State Update Interval Specify router and network link state update interval in
hours:minutes:seconds, and time to next update.
Link State Age Interval Specify max-aged update deletion interval and time until next
database cleanup in hours:minutes:seconds.

show ip ospf border-routers
To display the internal OSPF routing table entries to an area border router (ABR) and autonomous
system boundary router (ASBR), use the show ip ospf border-routers privileged EXEC command.
Syntax Description
Command Mode
Privileged EXEC
Usage Guidelines
Sample Display
The following is sample output from the show ip ospf border-routers command:
Router# show ip ospf border-routers
OSPF Process 109 internal Routing Table
Destination Next Hop Cost Type Rte Type Area SPF No
160.89.97.53 144.144.1.53 10 ABR INTRA 0.0.0.3 3
160.89.103.51 160.89.96.51 10 ABR INTRA 0.0.0.3 3
160.89.103.52 160.89.96.51 20 ASBR INTER 0.0.0.3 3
160.89.103.52 144.144.1.53 22 ASBR INTER 0.0.0.3 3
Table 27 describes the ﬁelds shown in the display.
Table 27 Show IP OSPF Border-Routers Field Descriptions
Field Description
Destination Destination’s router ID.
Next Hop Next hop toward the destination.
Cost Cost of using this route.
Type The router type of the destination; it is either an area border router
(ABR) or autonomous system boundary router (ASBR) or both.
Rte Type The type of this route, it is either an intra-area or interarea route.
Area The area ID of the area that this route is learned from.
SPF No The internal number of SPF calculation that installs this route.

show ip ospf database
Use the show ip ospf database EXEC command to display lists of information related to the OSPF
database for a specific router. The various forms of this command deliver information about different
OSPF link state advertisements.
show ip ospf [process-id area-id] database
show ip ospf [process-id area-id] database [router] [link-state-id]
show ip ospf [process-id area-id] database [network] [link-state-id]
show ip ospf [process-id area-id] database [summary] [link-state-id]
show ip ospf [process-id area-id] database [asb-summary] [link-state-id]
show ip ospf [process-id area-id] database [nssa-external] [link-state-id]
show ip ospf [process-id] database [external] [link-state-id]
show ip ospf [process-id area-id] database [database-summary]
Syntax Description
When entered with the optional keyword asb-summary, external, network, router, summary, or
database-summary, different displays result. Examples and brief descriptions of each form follow.
Command Mode
EXEC
process-id (Optional) Internally used identification parameter. It is
locally assigned and can be any positive integer number.
The number used here is the number assigned
administratively when enabling the OSPF routing process.
area-id (Optional) Area number associated with the OSPF address
range defined in the network router configuration
command used to define the particular area.
link-state-id (Optional) Identifies the portion of the Internet
environment that is being described by the advertisement.
The value entered depends on the advertisement’s LS type.
It must be entered in the form of an IP address.
When the link state advertisement is describing a network,
the link-state-id can take one of two forms:
• The network’s IP address (as in type 3 summary link
advertisements and in autonomous system external link
advertisements).
• A derived address obtained from the link state ID. (Note that
masking a network links advertisement’s link state ID with the
network’s subnet mask yields the network’s IP address.)
When the link state advertisement is describing a router,
the link state ID is always the described router’s OSPF
router ID.
When an autonomous system external advertisement
(LS Type = 5) is describing a default route, its link state ID
is set to Default Destination (0.0.0.0).

Usage Guidelines
This command ﬁrst appeared in Cisco IOS Release 10.0. The following form of the command ﬁrst
appeared in Cisco IOS Release 11.0:
show ip ospf [process-id area-id] database [database-summary].
Sample Display of Show IP OSPF Database with No Arguments or Keywords
The following is sample output from the show ip ospf database command when no arguments or
keywords are used:
Router# show ip ospf database
OSPF Router with id(190.20.239.66) (Process ID 300)
Displaying Router Link States(Area 0.0.0.0)
Link ID ADV Router Age Seq# Checksum Link count
155.187.21.6 155.187.21.6 1731 0x80002CFB 0x69BC 8
155.187.21.5 155.187.21.5 1112 0x800009D2 0xA2B8 5
155.187.1.2 155.187.1.2 1662 0x80000A98 0x4CB6 9
155.187.1.1 155.187.1.1 1115 0x800009B6 0x5F2C 1
155.187.1.5 155.187.1.5 1691 0x80002BC 0x2A1A 5
155.187.65.6 155.187.65.6 1395 0x80001947 0xEEE1 4
155.187.241.5 155.187.241.5 1161 0x8000007C 0x7C70 1
155.187.27.6 155.187.27.6 1723 0x80000548 0x8641 4
155.187.70.6 155.187.70.6 1485 0x80000B97 0xEB84 6
Displaying Net Link States(Area 0.0.0.0)
155.187.1.3 192.20.239.66 1245 0x800000EC 0x82E
Displaying Summary Net Link States(Area 0.0.0.0)
155.187.240.0 155.187.241.5 1152 0x80000077 0x7A05
155.187.241.0 155.187.241.5 1152 0x80000070 0xAEB7
155.187.244.0 155.187.241.5 1152 0x80000071 0x95CB
Table 28 Show IP OSPF Database Field Descriptions
Field Description
Link ID Router ID number.
ADV Router Advertising router’s ID.
Age Link state age.
Seq# Link state sequence number (detects old or duplicate link state advertisements).
Checksum Fletcher checksum of the complete contents of the link state advertisement.
Link count Number of interfaces detected for router.

Sample Display Using Show IP OSPF Database ASB-Summary
The following is sample output from the show ip ospf database asb-summary command when no
optional arguments are speciﬁed:
Router# show ip ospf database asb-summary
Displaying Summary ASB Link States(Area 0.0.0.0)
LS age: 1463
Options: (No TOS-capability)
LS Type: Summary Links(AS Boundary Router)
Link State ID: 155.187.245.1 (AS Boundary Router address)
Advertising Router: 155.187.241.5
LS Seq Number: 80000072
Checksum: 0x3548
Length: 28
Network Mask: 0.0.0.0 TOS: 0 Metric: 1
Table 29 Show IP OSPF Database ASB-Summary Field Descriptions
Field Description
OSPF Router with id Router ID number.
Process ID OSPF process ID.
LS age Link state age.
Options Type of service options (Type 0 only).
LS Type Link state type.
Link State ID Link state ID (autonomous system boundary router).
Advertising Router Advertising router’s ID.
LS Seq Number Link state sequence (detects old or duplicate link state advertisements).
Checksum LS checksum (Fletcher checksum of the complete contents of the link state
advertisement).
Length Length in bytes of the link state advertisement.
Network Mask Network mask implemented.
TOS Type of service.
Metric Link state metric.

Sample Display Using Show IP OSPF Database External
The following is sample output from the show ip ospf database external command when no
Router# show ip ospf database external
OSPF Router with id(190.20.239.66) (Autonomous system 300)
Displaying AS External Link States
LS age: 280
LS Type: AS External Link
Link State ID: 143.105.0.0 (External Network Number)
LS Seq Number: 80000AFD
Checksum: 0xC3A
Length: 36
Network Mask: 255.255.0.0
Metric Type: 2 (Larger than any link state path)
TOS: 0
Metric: 1
Forward Address: 0.0.0.0
External Route Tag: 0
Table 30 Show IP OSPF Database External Field Descriptions
Field Description
Autonomous system OSPF autonomous system number (OSPF process ID).
Link State ID Link state ID (External Network Number).
LS Seq Number Link state sequence number (detects old or duplicate link state
advertisements).
advertisement).
Metric Type External Type.
Forward Address Forwarding address. Data traffic for the advertised destination will be
forwarded to this address. If the forwarding address is set to 0.0.0.0, data
traffic will be forwarded instead to the advertisement’s originator.
External Route Tag External route tag, a 32-bit field attached to each external route. This is not
used by the OSPF protocol itself.

Sample Display Using Show IP OSPF Database Network
The following is sample output from the show ip ospf database network command when no
Router# show ip ospf database network
Displaying Net Link States(Area 0.0.0.0)
LS age: 1367
LS Type: Network Links
Link State ID: 155.187.1.3 (address of Designated Router)
LS Seq Number: 800000E7
Checksum: 0x1229
Length: 52
Network Mask: 255.255.255.0
Attached Router: 190.20.239.66
Table 31 Show IP OSPF Database Network Field Descriptions
Field Description
Process ID 300 OSPF process ID.
LS Type: Link state type.
Link State ID Link state ID of designated router.
LS Seq Number Link state sequence (detects old or duplicate link state
advertisements).
Checksum LS checksum (Fletcher checksum of the complete contents of the
link state advertisement).
AS Boundary Router Deﬁnition of router type.
Attached Router List of routers attached to the network, by IP address.

Sample Display Using Show IP OSPF Database Router
The following is sample output from the show ip ospf database router command when no optional
arguments are speciﬁed:
Router# show ip ospf database router
Displaying Router Link States(Area 0.0.0.0)
LS age: 1176
LS Type: Router Links
Link State ID: 155.187.21.6
LS Seq Number: 80002CF6
Checksum: 0x73B7
Length: 120
AS Boundary Router
155 Number of Links: 8
Link connected to: another Router (point-to-point)
(link ID) Neighboring Router ID: 155.187.21.5
(Link Data) Router Interface address: 155.187.21.6
Number of TOS metrics: 0
TOS 0 Metrics: 2
Table 32 Show IP OSPF Database Router Field Descriptions
Field Description
Link State ID Link state ID.
advertisement).
AS Boundary Router Deﬁnition of router type.
Number of Links Number of active links.
link ID Link type.
Link Data Router interface address.
TOS Type of service metric (Type 0 only).

Sample Display Using Show IP OSPF Database Summary
The following is sample output from show ip ospf database summary command when no optional
arguments are speciﬁed:
Router# show ip ospf database summary
Displaying Summary Net Link States(Area 0.0.0.0)
LS age: 1401
LS Type: Summary Links(Network)
Link State ID: 155.187.240.0 (summary Network Number)
LS Seq Number: 80000072
Checksum: 0x84FF
Length: 28
Network Mask: 255.255.255.0 TOS: 0 Metric: 1
Sample Display Using Show IP OSPF Database Database-Summary
The following is sample output from show ip ospf database database-summary command when
no optional arguments are speciﬁed:
Router# show ip ospf database database-summary
OSPF Router with ID (172.19.65.21) (Process ID 1)
Area ID Router Network Sum-Net Sum-ASBR Subtotal Delete Maxage
202 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
AS External 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 1
Table 33 Show IP OSPF Database Summary Field Descriptions
Field Description
Link State ID Link state ID (summary network number).
advertisement).

Table 34 Show IP OSPF Database Database-Summary Field Descriptions
Field Description
Area ID Area number.
Router Number of router link state advertisements in that area.
Network Number of network link state advertisements in that area.
Sum-Net Number of summary link state advertisements in that area.
Sum-ASBR Number of summary autonomous system boundary router (ASBR) link
state advertisements in that area.
Subtotal Sum of Router, Network, Sum-Net, and Sum-ASBR for that area.
Delete Number of link state advertisements that are marked “Deleted” in that area.
Maxage Number of link state advertisements that are marked “Maxaged” in that
area.
AS External Number of external link state advertisements.

show ip ospf interface
To display OSPF-related interface information, use the show ip ospf interface EXEC command.
show ip ospf interface [type number]
Syntax Description
Command Mode
EXEC
Usage Guidelines
Sample Display
The following is sample output of the show ip ospf interface command when Ethernet 0 is specified:
Router# show ip ospf interface ethernet 0
Ethernet 0 is up, line protocol is up
Internet Address 131.119.254.202, Mask 255.255.255.0, Area 0.0.0.0
AS 201, Router ID 192.77.99.1, Network Type BROADCAST, Cost: 10
Transmit Delay is 1 sec, State OTHER, Priority 1
Designated Router id 131.119.254.10, Interface address 131.119.254.10
Backup Designated router id 131.119.254.28, Interface addr 131.119.254.28
Timer intervals configured, Hello 10, Dead 60, Wait 40, Retransmit 5
Hello due in 0:00:05
Neighbor Count is 8, Adjacent neighbor count is 2
Adjacent with neighbor 131.119.254.28 (Backup Designated Router)
Adjacent with neighbor 131.119.254.10 (Designated Router)
type (Optional) Interface type.
number (Optional) Interface number.
Table 35 Show IP OSPF Interface Ethernet 0 Field Descriptions
Field Description
Ethernet Status of physical link and operational status of protocol.
Internet Address Interface IP address, subnet mask, and area address.
AS Autonomous system number (OSPF process ID), router ID, network
type, link state cost.
Transmit Delay Transmit delay, interface state, and router priority.
Designated Router Designated router ID and respective interface IP address.
Backup Designated router Backup designated router ID and respective interface IP address.
Timer intervals configured Configuration of timer intervals.

Hello Number of seconds until next hello packet is sent out this interface.
Neighbor Count Count of network neighbors and list of adjacent neighbors.
Table 35 Show IP OSPF Interface Ethernet 0 Field Descriptions (Continued)
Field Description

show ip ospf neighbor
To display OSPF-neighbor information on a per-interface basis, use the show ip ospf neighbor
EXEC command.
show ip ospf neighbor [type number] [neighbor-id] [detail]
Syntax Description
Command Mode
EXEC
Usage Guidelines
Sample Displays
The following is sample output from the show ip ospf neighbor command showing a single line of
summary information for each neighbor:
Router# show ip ospf neighbor
ID Pri State Dead Time Address Interface
199.199.199.137 1 FULL/DR 0:00:31 160.89.80.37 Ethernet0
192.31.48.1 1 FULL/DROTHER 0:00:33 192.31.48.1 Fddi0
199.199.199.137 5 FULL/DR 0:00:33 192.31.48.189 Fddi0
The following is sample output showing summary information about the neighbor that matches the
neighbor ID:
Router# show ip ospf neighbor 199.199.199.137
Neighbor 199.199.199.137, interface address 160.89.80.37
In the area 0.0.0.0 via interface Ethernet0
Neighbor priority is 1, State is FULL
Options 2
Dead timer due in 0:00:32
Link State retransmission due in 0:00:04
In the area 0.0.0.0 via interface Fddi0
Options 2
type (Optional) Interface type.
number (Optional) Interface number.
neighbor-id (Optional) Neighbor ID.
detail (Optional) Displays all neighbors given in detail (list all neighbors).

If you specify the interface along with the Neighbor ID, the Cisco IOS software displays the
neighbors that match the neighbor ID on the interface, as in the following sample display:
Router# show ip ospf neighbor ethernet 0 199.199.199.137
Options 2
You can also specify the interface without the neighbor ID to show all neighbors on the specified
interface, as in the following sample display:
Router# show ip ospf neighbor fddi 0
ID Pri State Dead Time Address Interface
199.199.199.137 5 FULL/DR 0:00:32 192.31.48.189 Fddi0
The following is sample output from the show ip ospf neighbor detail command:
Router# show ip ospf neighbor detail
Options 2
In the area 0.0.0.0 via interface Serial0
Options 2
Table 36 describes the fields shown in the displays.
Table 36 Show IP OSPF Neighbor Field Descriptions
Field Description
Neighbor Neighbor router ID.
interface address IP address of the interface.
In the area Area and interface through which OSPF neighbor is known.
Neighbor priority Router priority of neighbor, neighbor state.
State OSPF state.
Options Hello packet options field contents (E-bit only; possible values are 0
and 2; 2 indicates area is not a stub; 0 indicates area is a stub.
Dead timer Expected time before Cisco IOS software will declare neighbor dead.

show ip ospf virtual-links
To display parameters about and the current state of OSPF virtual links, use the show ip ospf
virtual-links EXEC command.
Syntax Description
Command Mode
EXEC
Usage Guidelines
The information displayed by the show ip ospf virtual-links command is useful in debugging
OSPF routing operations.
Sample Display
The following is sample output from the show ip ospf virtual-links command:
Router# show ip ospf virtual-links
Virtual Link to router 160.89.101.2 is up
Transit area 0.0.0.1, via interface Ethernet0, Cost of using 10
Transmit Delay is 1 sec, State POINT_TO_POINT
Timer intervals configured, Hello 10, Dead 40, Wait 40, Retransmit 5
Hello due in 0:00:08
Adjacency State FULL
Table 37 Show IP OSPF Virtual-Links Field Descriptions
Field Description
Virtual Link to router 160.89.101.2
is up
Speciﬁes the OSPF neighbor, and if the link to that neighbor is up or
down.
Transit area 0.0.0.1 The transit area through which the virtual link is formed.
via interface Ethernet0 The interface through which the virtual link is formed.
Cost of using 10 The cost of reaching the OSPF neighbor through the virtual link.
Transmit Delay is 1 sec The transmit delay on the virtual link.
State POINT_TO_POINT The state of the OSPF neighbor.
Timer intervals... The various timer intervals conﬁgured for the link.
Hello due in 0:00:08 When the next hello is expected from the neighbor.
Adjacency State FULL The adjacency state between the neighbors.

summary-address
summary-address
Use the summary-address router configuration command to create aggregate addresses for OSPF.
The no summary-address command restores the default.
summary-address address mask {level-1 | level-1-2 | level-2} prefix mask [not-advertise]
[tag tag]
no summary-address address mask {level-1 | level-1-2 | level-2}
Syntax Description
Default
Disabled
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
Multiple groups of addresses can be summarized for a given level. Routes learned from other routing
protocols can also be summarized. The metric used to advertise the summary is the smallest metric
of all the more specific routes. This command helps reduce the size of the routing table.
address Summary address designated for a range of addresses.
mask IP subnet mask used for the summary route.
level-1 Only routes redistributed into Level 1 are summarized with
the configured address/mask value. This keyword applies
to IS-IS only.
level-1-2 The summary router is injected into both a Level 1 area and
a Level 2 subdomain. This keyword applies to IS-IS only.
level-2 Routes learned by Level 1 routing will be summarized into
the Level 2 backbone with the configured address/mask
value. This keyword applies to IS-IS only.
prefix IP route prefix for the destination.
mask IP subnet mask used for the summary route.
not-advertise (Optional) Used to suppress routes that match the
prefix/mask pair. This keyword applies to OSPF only.
tag tag (Optional) Tag value that can be used as a “match” value
for controlling redistribution via route maps. This keyword
applies to OSPF only.

summary-address
Using this command for OSPF causes an OSPF autonomous system boundary router (ASBR) to
advertise one external route as an aggregate for all redistributed routes that are covered by the
address. For OSPF, this command summarizes only routes from other routing protocols that are
being redistributed into OSPF. Use the area range command for route summarization between
OSPF areas.
Example
In the following example, summary address 10.1.0.0 includes address 10.1.1.0, 10.1.2.0, 10.1.3.0,
and so forth. Only the address 10.1.0.0 is advertised in an external link state advertisement.
summary-address 10.1.0.0 255.255.0.0
Related Commands
area range

timers spf
timers spf
To configure the delay time between when OSPF receives a topology change and when it starts a
shortest path first (SPF) calculation, and the hold time between two consecutive SPF calculations,
use the timers spf router configuration command. To return to the default timer values, use the no
timers spf spf-delay spf-holdtime
no timers spf spf-delay spf-holdtime
Syntax Description
Defaults
spf-delay: 5 seconds
spf-holdtime: 10 seconds
Command Mode
Usage Guidelines
Setting the delay and hold time low causes routing to switch to the alternate path more quickly in the
event of a failure. However, it consumes more CPU processing time.
Example
The following example changes the delay to 10 seconds and the hold time to 20 seconds:
timers spf 10 20
spf-delay Delay time, in seconds, between when OSPF receives a
topology change and when it starts a SPF. calculation. It can be
an integer from 0 to 65535. The default time is 5 seconds. A
value of 0 means that there is no delay; that is, the SPF
calculation is started immediately.
spf-holdtime Minimum time, in seconds, between two consecutive SPF
calculations. It can be an integer from 0 to 65535. The default
time is 10 seconds. A value of 0 means that there is no delay;
that is, two consecutive SPF calculations can be done one
immediately after the other.

timers spf

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