Usage
Information
This command is either enabled or disabled. If no OSPF process is identified as the
MIB manager, the first OSPF process is used.
If an OSPF process has been selected, it must be disabled prior to assigning new
process ID the MIB responsibility.
network area
Define which interfaces run OSPF and the OSPF area for those interfaces.
Syntax
network
ip-address mask
area
area-id
To disable an OSPF area, use the
no network
ip-address mask
area
area-
id
command.
Parameters
ip-address
Specify a primary or secondary address in dotted decimal
format. The primary address is required before adding the
secondary address.
mask
Enter a network mask in /prefix format. (/x)
area-id
Enter the OSPF area ID as either a decimal value or in a valid
IP address. Decimal value range is from 0 to 65535. IP
address format is dotted decimal format A.B.C.D.
NOTE: If the area ID is smaller than 65535, it is converted
to a decimal value. For example, if you use an area ID of
0.0.0.1, it is converted to 1.
Command
Modes
ROUTER OSPF
Command
History
Version 8.3.16.1
Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
To enable OSPF on an interface, the
network area
command must include, in its
range of addresses, the primary IP address of an interface.
NOTE: An interface can be attached only to a single OSPF area.
If you delete all the network area commands for Area 0, the
show ip ospf
command output does not list Area 0.
946
Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)