Reference Guide

To delete a virtual link, use the no area area-id virtual-link router-id
command.
To delete a parameter of a virtual link, use the no area area-id virtual-link
router-id [[authentication-key [encryption-type] key] |
[message-digest-key keyid md5 [encryption-type] key]] [dead-
interval seconds] [hello-interval seconds] [retransmit-interval
seconds] [transmit-delay seconds] command syntax.
Parameters
area-id Specify the OSPF area in dotted decimal format (A.B.C.D.) or
enter a number from zero (0) to 65535.
router-id Specify an ID (IP address in dotted decimal format)
associated with a virtual link neighbor.
authentication-
key
[encryption-
type] key |
message-
digest-key
keyid md5
[encryption-
type] key
(OPTIONAL) Choose between two authentication methods:
• Enter the keywords authentication-key to enable
simple authentication followed by an alphanumeric string
up to eight characters long. Optionally, for the
encryption-type variable, enter the number seven
before entering the key string to indicate that an
encrypted password will follow.
• Enter the keywords message-digest-key followed by a
number from 1 to 255 as the
keyid. After the keyid,
enter the keyword md5 followed by the key. The key is an
alphanumeric string up to 16 characters long. Optionally,
for the encryption-type variable, enter the number
seven before entering the
key string to indicate that an
encrypted password will follow.
dead-interval
seconds
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords dead-interval followed
by a number as the number of seconds for the interval. The
range is 1 to 8192. The default is
40 seconds.
hello-interval
seconds
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords hello-interval followed
by the number of seconds for the interval. The range is 1 to
8192. The default is 10 seconds.
retransmit-
interval
seconds
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords retransmit-interval
followed by the number of seconds for the interval. The
range is 1 to 8192. The default is 5 seconds.
transmit-delay
seconds
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords transmit-delay followed
by the number of seconds for the interval. The range is 1 to
8192. The default is
1 second.
Defaults
• dead-interval seconds = 40 seconds
• hello-interval seconds = 10 seconds
• retransmit-interval seconds = 5 seconds
• transmit-delay seconds = 1 second
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