Users Guide

To cancel the debug command, use the no debug ip ospf command.
Parameters
process-id Enter the OSPF Process ID to clear a specific 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 configured. One of the following is listed:
● 0 - no authentication configured
● 1 - simple authentication configured using the ip ospf authentication-
key command
● 2 - MD5 authentication configured using the ip ospf message-digest-
key command
auk: If the ip ospf authentication-key command is configured, this field
displays the key used.
keyid: If the ip ospf message-digest-key command is configured, this field
displays the MD5 key
to: Displays the interface to which the packet is intended.
dst: Displays the destination IP address.
netmask: Displays the destination IP address mask.
pri: Displays the OSPF priority
N, MC, E, T Displays information available in the Options field of the HELLO packet:
● N + (N-bit is set)
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