Users Guide

Field Description
LS Age Displays the LSA’s age.
Options Displays the optional capabilities available on router. The following options can be
found in this item:
● TOS-capability or No TOS-capability is displayed depending on whether the
router can support Type of Service.
● DC or No DC is displayed depending on whether the originating router can
support OSPF over demand circuits.
● E or No E is displayed on whether the originating router can accept AS External
LSAs.
LS Type Displays the LSA’s type.
Link State ID Displays the Link State ID.
Advertising
Router
Identifies the advertising router’s ID.
Checksum Displays the Fletcher checksum of the LSA’s complete contents.
Length Displays the length in bytes of the LSA.
Network Mask Displays the network mask implemented on the area.
TOS Displays the Type of Service (TOS) options. Option 0 is the only option.
Metric Displays the LSA metric.
Example
Dell# show ip ospf 100 database asbr-summary
OSPF Router with ID (1.1.1.10) (Process ID 100)
Summary Asbr (Area 0.0.0.0)
LS age: 1437
Options: (No TOS-capability, No DC, E)
LS type: Summary Asbr
Link State ID: 103.1.50.1
Advertising Router: 1.1.1.10
LS Seq Number: 0x8000000f
Checksum: 0x8221
Length: 28
Network Mask: /0
TOS: 0 Metric: 2
LS age: 473
Options: (No TOS-capability, No DC, E)
LS type: Summary Asbr
Link State ID: 104.1.50.1
Advertising Router: 1.1.1.10
LS Seq Number: 0x80000010
Checksum: 0x4198
Length: 28
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Related
Commands
● show ip ospf database — display OSPF database information.
show ip ospf database external
Display information on the AS external (type 5) LSAs.
Syntax
show ip ospf [process-id | vrf vrf-name ] database external [link-state-id]
[adv-router ip-address]
970 Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)