Area Range - Planet GS-5220 User Manual

4.4.4.6 Area Range

This is OSPF area range configuration table. It is used to summarize the intra area paths from a specific address range in one
summary-LSA(Type-3) and advertised to other areas or configure the address range status as 'DoNotAdvertise' which the
summary-LSA(Type-3) is suppressed. The area range configuration is used for Area Border Routers (ABRs) and only
router-LSAs(Type-1) and network-LSAs (Type-2) can be summarized. The AS-external-LSAs(Type-5) cannot be summarized
because the scope is OSPF autonomous system (AS). The AS-external-LSAs(Type-7) cannot be summarized because the
feature is not supported yet.. The screen in
The page includes the following fields:
Object
Area ID
Network Address
Mask Length
Advertised
Auto/Specific
Cost
Buttons
Click to add new entry.
Click to save changes.
: Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.
Figure 4-4-4-6
Figure 4-4-4-6: Area Range Page Screenshot
Description
The OSPF area ID.
IPv4 network address.
IPv4 network mask length.
When the value is true, it summarizes intra area paths from the address range in one
summary-LSA(Type-3) and advertised to other areas. Otherwise, the intra area paths from the
address range are not advertised to other areas.
When 'Auto' is selected, the cost value is set to 0 automatically and isn't allowed to be configured.
User specified cost (or metric) for this summary route. It is allowed to be configured only when
'Specific' is selected and the allowed range is 0 to 65535.. The allowed range is 1 to 16777215
and the default setting is 'auto cost' mode.
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