Service Manual

Field Description
Forward Address Identies the address of the forwarding router. Data trac is forwarded to this
router. If the forwarding address is 0.0.0.0, data trac is forwarded to the
originating router.
External Route Tag Displays the 32-bit eld attached to each external route. The OSPF protocol does
not use this eld, but you can use the eld for external route management.
Example
Dell#show ip ospf 1 database external
OSPF Router with ID (20.20.20.5) (Process ID 1)
Type-5 AS External
LS age: 612
Options: (No TOS-capability, No DC, E)
LS type: Type-5 AS External
Link State ID: 12.12.12.2
Advertising Router: 20.31.3.1
LS Seq Number: 0x80000007
Checksum: 0x4cde
Length: 36
Network Mask: /32
Metrics Type: 2
TOS: 0
Metrics: 25
Forward Address: 0.0.0.0
External Route Tag: 43
LS age: 1868
Options: (No TOS-capability, DC)
LS type: Type-5 AS External
Link State ID: 24.216.12.0
Advertising Router: 20.20.20.8
LS Seq Number: 0x80000005
Checksum: 0xa00e
Length: 36
Network Mask: /24
Metrics Type: 2
TOS: 0
Metrics: 1
Forward Address: 0.0.0.0
External Route Tag: 701
Dell#
Related Commands
show ip ospf database — displays OSPF database information.
show ip ospf database network
Display the network (type 2) LSA information.
Syntax
show ip ospf [process-id] database network [link-state-id] [adv-router ip-
address]
Parameters
process-id Enter the OSPF Process ID to show a specic process. If no Process ID is entered,
command applies only to the rst OSPF process.
link-state-id (OPTIONAL) Specify LSA ID in dotted decimal format. The LSA ID value depends
on the LSA type, and it can be one of the following:
1030
Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)