Dell Force10 MXL Blade Configuration Manual page 375

To suppress the interface's participation on an OSPF interface, use the following command in ROUTER
OSPF mode. This command stops the router from sending updates on that interface.
Command Syntax
passive-interface {default |
interface}
To enable both receiving and sending routing updates, use the
When you configure a passive interface, the
"passive interface" to indicate that hello packets are not transmitted on that interface
(Figure 20-13).
Command Mode
CONFIG-ROUTER-OSPF-id
The default keyword sets all interfaces on this OSPF process as passive. To remove the
passive interface from select interfaces, use the
command while passive interface default is configured.
show ip ospf process-id interface
Usage
Specify whether all or some of the interfaces will be
passive.
Default enabled passive interfaces on ALL
interfaces in the OSPF process.
Entering the physical interface type, slot, and
number enable passive interface on only the
identified interface.
• For a port channel, enter the keyword
port-channel followed by a number from 1 to
128
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the
keyword TenGigabitEthernet followed by the
slot/port information (for example,
passive-interface ten 2/3).
• For a VLAN, enter the keyword vlan followed
by a number from 1 to 4094 (for example,
passive-interface vlan 2222).
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the
keyword fortyGigE followed by the slot/port
information.
no passive-interface interface
no passive-interface interface
command adds the words
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command.