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Table 58 OSPF Configuration: Area Setup (continued)
LABEL
Authentication Select an authentication method (Simple or MD5) to activate authentication. Select
Stub Area
No Summary
Default Route
Cost
Add
Cancel
Clear
25.4.1 Viewing OSPF Area Information Table
The bottom of the OSPF Configuration screen displays a summary table of all the OSPF
areas you have configured.
Figure 80 OSPF Configuration: Summary Table
The following table describes the related labels in this screen.
Table 59 OSPF Configuration: Summary Table
LABEL
Index
Name
Area ID
Authentication This field displays the authentication method used (None, Simple or MD5).
Stub Network
Delete
Cancel
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DESCRIPTION
None to disable authentication.
Interface(s) and virtual interface(s) must use the same authentication method as the
associated area.
Select this option to set the area as a stub area.
If you enter 0.0.0.0 in the Area ID field, the settings in the Stub Area fields are ignored.
Select this option to set the switch to not send/receive LSAs.
Specify a cost (between 0 and 16777214) used to add a default route into a stub area
for routes which are external to an OSPF domain. If you do not set a route cost, no
default route is added.
Click Add to apply the changes.
Click Cancel to start configuring the above fields again.
Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults.
DESCRIPTION
This field displays the index number of an area.
This field displays the descriptive name of an area.
This field displays the area ID (that uses the format of an IP address in dotted decimal
notation) that uniquely identifies an area.
An area ID of 0.0.0.0 indicates the backbone.
This field displays whether an area is a stub network (Yes) or not (No).
Click Delete to remove the selected entry from the summary table.
Click Cancel to clear the Delete check boxes.
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