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summary-address
To advertise one external route, set the OSPF ASBR.
Syntax
summary-address ip-address mask [not-advertise] [tag tag-value]
To disable summary address, use the no summary-address ip-address mask command.
Parameters
ip-address Specify the IP address in dotted decimal format of the address to summarize.
mask Specify the mask in dotted decimal format of the address to summarize.
not-advertise (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords not-advertise to suppress that match the
network prefix/mask pair.
tag tag-value (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword tag then a value to match on routes redistributed
through a route map. The range is from 0 to 4294967295.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes ROUTER OSPF
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
8.3.16.1 Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
The area range command summarizes routes for the different areas.
With the not-advertise parameter configured, you can use this command to filter out some external
routes. For example, if you want to redistribute static routes to OSPF, but you don't want OSPF to
advertise routes with prefix 1.1.0.0, you can configure the summary-address 1.1.0.0 255.255.0.0 not-
advertise to filter out all the routes fall in range 1.1.0.0/16.
Related
Commands
area range — summarizes routes within an area.
timers spf
Set the time interval between when the switch receives a topology change and starts a shortest path first (SPF) calculation.
Syntax
timers spf delay holdtime msec
To return to the default, use the no timers spf command.
Parameters
delay Enter a number as the delay. The range is from 0 to 2147483647. The default is 5
seconds.
holdtime Enter a number as the hold time. The range is from 0 to 2147483647. The default is
10 seconds.
msec Enter the keyword msec to specify the time interval value in milli seconds.
NOTE: If you do not specify the msec option, the timer values are considered
as seconds.
Defaults
● delay = 5 seconds
● holdtime = 10 seconds
Command Modes ROUTER OSPF
Supported Modes Full–Switch
856 Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)