Configuring Ospf Areas - Dell PowerConnect 6024 User Manual

Enabling OSPF
1
Open the OSPF Parameters page.
2
Define the OSPF Status, Router ID, Redistribute RIP Routes, Redistribute Static Routes,
and Redistribute Directly Connected Routes fields.
3
Click Apply Changes.
OSPF is enabled on the device.
NOTE:
Enabling OSPF Using CLI Commands
The following table contains the CLI commands for enabling OSPF.
Table 8-8. OSPF CLI Commands
CLI Command
router ospf enable
router ospf router-id
ip-address
router ospf
redistribute rip
router ospf
redistribute static
outer ospf redistribute
connected
The following is an example of the CLI commands:
Console (config)# router ospf enable
Console (config)# router ospf router-id 196.127.2.1
Console (config)# router ospf redistribute rip
Console (config)# router ospf redistribute static

Configuring OSPF Areas

The OSPF Areas page contains information for defining and maintaining OSPF areas within which
interfaces and virtual links are defined. Once an OSPF area is created, OSPF is automatically
enabled on all IP interfaces.
To display the OSPF Areas page, click Router→ OSPF→ Areas in the tree view.
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Configuring Routing
OSPF processes can only be cleared using CLI command clear ip ospf process.
Description
Enables the OSPF routing process.
Configures an OSPF router ID.
Enables advertising routes, that are learned
by the RIP process, in the OSPF routing
process.
Advertising routes, configured statically, in
the OSPF routing process.
Advertising routes directly connected.