Configuring Ospfv3; Enabling Ospfv3 - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

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Configuring OSPFv3

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For more information about these LSAs, refer to RFC 2740.
Configuring OSPFv3
To configure OSPFv3, you must do the following:
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Enabling OSPFv3

Before enabling the Brocade device to run OSPFv3, you must do the following:
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For more information about performing these configuration tasks, refer to
Basic IPv6
By default, OSPFv3 is disabled. To enable OSPFv3, you must enable it globally.
To enable OSPFv3 globally, enter the following command.
BigIron RX(config-ospf-router)#ipv6 router ospf
BigIron RX(config-ospf6-router)#
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Interarea-prefix LSAs for ABRs (Type 3)
Interarea-router LSAs for ASBRs (Type 4)
Autonomous system external LSAs (Type 5)
Link LSAs (Type 8)
Intra-area prefix LSAs (Type 9)
Enable OSPFv3 globally.
Assign OSPF areas.
Assign router interfaces to an OSPF area.
Configure a virtual link between an ABR without a physical connection to a backbone area and
the Brocade device in the same area with a physical connection to the backbone area.
Change the reference bandwidth for the cost on OSPFv3 interfaces.
Configure the redistribution of routes into OSPFv3.
Configure default route origination.
Modify the shortest path first (SPF) timers.
Modify the administrative distances for OSPFv3 routes.
Configure the OSPFv3 LSA pacing interval
Modify how often the Brocade device checks on the elimination of the database overflow
condition.
Modify the external link state database limit.
Modify the default values of OSPFv3 parameters for router interfaces.
Disable or re-enable OSPFv3 event logging.
Enable the forwarding of IPv6 traffic on the Brocade device using the ipv6 unicast-routing
command.
Enable IPv6 on each interface over which you plan to enable OSPFv3. You enable IPv6 on an
interface by configuring an IPv6 address or explicitly enabling IPv6 on that interface.
Connectivity".
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