Specifications

area virtual-link
SecureStack C3 Configuration Guide 16-27
area virtual-link
UsethiscommandtodefineanOSPFvirtuallink,whichrepresentsalogicalconnectionbetween
thebackboneandanon‐backboneOSPFarea.Thenoformofthiscommandremovesthevirtual
linkand/oritsassociatedsettings.
Syntax
area area-id virtual-link router-id
no area area-id virtual-link router-id
Inadditiontothesyntaxabove,theoptionsforusingthiscommandare:
area area-id virtual-link router-id authentication-key key
no area area-id virtual-link router-id authentication-key key
area area-id virtual-link router-id dead-interval seconds
no area area-id virtual-link router-id dead-interval seconds
area area-id virtual-link router-id hello-interval seconds
no area area-id virtual-link router-id hello-interval seconds
area area-id virtual-link router-id retransmit-interval seconds
no area area-id virtual-link router-id retransmit-interval seconds
area area-id virtual-link router-id transmit-delay seconds
no area area-id virtual-link router-id
transmit-delay seconds
Parameters
Defaults
None.
area‐id Specifiesthetransitareaforthevirtuallink.Validvaluesaredecimalvalues
orIPaddresses.Atransitareaisanareathroughwhichavirtuallinkis
established.
router‐id SpecifiestherouterIDofthevirtuallinkneighbor.
authentication‐
keykey
Specifiesapasswordtobeusedbythe
virtuallink.Validvaluesare
alphanumericstringsofupto8characters.Neighborvirtuallinkrouterson
anetworkmusthavethesamepassword.
dead‐interval
seconds
Specifiesthenumberofsecondsthataroutermustwaittoreceiveahello
packetbeforedeclaringtheneighboras“dead”andremovingit
fromthe
OSPFneighborlist.Thisvaluemustbethesameforallvirtuallinksattached
toacertainsubnet,anditisavaluerangingfrom1to8192.
hello‐interval
seconds
Specifiesthenumberofsecondsbetweenhellopacketsonthevirtuallink.
Thisvaluemustbethe same
forallvirtuallinksattachedtoanetworkandit
isavaluerangingfrom1to8192.
retransmit‐
intervalseconds
Specifiesthenumberofsecondsbetweensuccessiveretransmissionsofthe
sameLSAs.Validvaluesaregreaterthanthe expectedamountoftime
requiredfortheupdatepackettoreachand
returnfromtheinterface,and
rangefrom1to8192.Defaultis5seconds.
transmit‐delay
seconds
Specifiestheestimatednumberofsecondsbeforealinkstateupdatepacket
ontheinterfacetobetransmitted.Validvaluesrangefrom1to8192.Default
is1second.