Reference Guide

area virtual-link
Set a virtual link and its parameters.
S5000
Syntax
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]
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.
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Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2)