Users Guide

debug ip ospf
Display debug information on OSPF. Entering the debug ip ospf commands enables OSPF debugging for the rst OSPF
process.
S5000
Syntax
debug ip ospf process-id [bfd |event | packet | spf | database-timer rate-
limit]
To cancel the debug command, use the no debug ip ospf command.
Parameters
process-id Enter the OSPF Process ID to clear a specic process. If no Process ID is entered,
all OSPF processes are cleared.
bfd (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword bfd to debug only OSPF BFD information.
event (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword event to debug only OSPF event information.
packet (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword packet to debug only OSPF packet information.
spf (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword spf to display the Shortest Path First information.
database-timer
rate-limit
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords database-timer rate-limit to display
the LSA throttling timer information.
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Command History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Usage Information The following describes output for the debug ip ospf command shown in the Example below.
Field Description
8:14 Displays the time stamp.
OSPF Displays the OSPF process ID: instance ID.
v: Displays the OSPF version. Dell Networking OS supports version 2 only.
t: Displays the type of packet sent:
• 1 - Hello packet
• 2 - database description
• 3 - link state request
• 4 - link state update
• 5 - link state acknowledgement
l: Displays the packet length.
rid: Displays the OSPF router ID.
aid: Displays the Autonomous System ID.
chk: Displays the OSPF checksum.
aut: States if OSPF authentication is congured. One of the following is listed:
• 0 - no authentication congured
Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)
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