Users Guide

Version Description
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre- 6.1.1.1 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information To congure all routers and access servers within a stub, use this command.
Related Commands
router ospf — enters ROUTER OSPF mode to congure an OSPF instance.
area virtual-link
Set a virtual link and its parameters.
C-Series, E-Series, S-Series
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.
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Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)