Nortel Networks 8000 Series Switch User Manual


 
Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Command Line Interface Routing Operations
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dead-interval <seconds> Sets the router OSPF dead intervalthe
number of seconds the switch’s OSPF
neighbors should wait before assuming that
the OSPF router is down.
<seconds> is a value from 1 to
2147836437; the default is 40. The value
must be at least four times the hello
interval.
enable Enables OSPF on the port.
hello-interval <seconds> SetstheOSPFhellointerval,whichisthe
number of seconds between hello packets
sent on this interface.
<seconds> is a value from 1 to 65535.
The default is 10.
metric <cost> Sets the OSPF metric associated with this
interface and advertised in router link
advertisements.
<cost> is in the range from 0 to 65535;
the default is 0.
priority <integer> Sets the OSPF priority for the port during the
election process for the designated router.
The port with the highest priority number is
the best candidate for the designated router.
If you set the priority to 0, the port cannot
become either the designated router or a
backup designated router.
<integer> is between 0 and 255.
The default is 1.
Note: Both sides of the OSPF connection must use the same authentication
type and key.
config ethernet <ports> ip ospf
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