Technical information
Cuda 12000 IP Access Switch CudaView Administration Guide
Configuring OSPF Global 335
Import
External
Configures the router to import routes contained in external
link state advertisements.
If you select Import External as the advertisement method,
your configuration is complete. Apply or Reset.
Import No
External
Configures the router to ignore routes contained in external
link state advertisements. Choose this selection if you want to
define a stub area.
If you have select Import No External as the import
advertisement method, then enable the Stub Area parameter.
Stub Area Stub areas do not accept or distribute external address
advertisements. Instead, a single default external route injects
into the area.
Stub areas help minimize the routing table size of OSPF
routers within the area.
If you select Import No External as the import advertisement
method, enable the Stub Area parameter. This expands the
window and adds the Stub Metric, Stub Metric Type, and the
Summary Advertisements parameters.
Stub Metric Indicates the metric that is the default route entry in OSPF
updates that are originated in this area. The range is from 1
to 16777215.
Stub Metric
Type
Defines the type of metric advertised as a default route for
the area. The options are:
OSPF Metric An OSPF calculated metric.
Comparable
Cost
External Type 1.
Non
Comparable
External Type 2.
Summary
Advertisements
The options are:
No Area
Summary
The router neither originates nor propagates summary
link-state advertisements (LSA) into the stub area. It relies
entirely on its default route
Send Area
Summary
The router both summarizes and propagates summary LSAs.
Parameter Description