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M6100 Web Management User Guide
To display the NSF OSPF Summary page, click Routing > OSPF > Advanced > NSF OSPF
Summary. The following page is displayed.
Configure the NSF OSPF Summary.
1. From the Support Mode list, configure how the unit performs graceful restarts by
selecting from the following possible values:
Always Indicates that OSPF should perform a graceful restart for all planned and
unplanned warm restart events.
Disabled Disables OSPF from performing graceful restarts.
Planned Indicates that OSPF should only perform a graceful restart when a restart
is planned (for example, due to an initiate failover command).
The default is Disabled.
2. Configure the Restart Interval. V
alid values are (0 to 1800) in seconds. The default is 120
seconds.
3. Use the Helper Support Mode field to configure how the unit will act when a neighbor
performs a warm restart.
The possible values are:
Always Indicates that OSPF should help a restarting neighbor during all planned
and unplanned warm restart events.
Disabled Disables OSPF from acting as a helpful neighbor.
Planned Indicates that OSPF should only help a restarting neighbor during planned
events.
The default is Always.
4. Configure Helper Strict LSA Checking by selecting Enable or Disable. When enabled, the
unit will exit helper mode whenever the topology changes.
5. Click Apply to send the updated configuration to the switch. Configuration changes take
ef
fect immediately.
6. Click Cancel to cancel the configuration on the screen and reset the data on the screen to
the latest value of the switch.