D-Link DMS-3130 User Manual - Page 254

DMS-3130 Series Multi-Gigabit L3 Stackable Managed Switch Web UI Reference Guide OSPFv3 Area Settings This window is used to display and configure the OSPFv3 area settings. To view the following window, click L3 Features > OSPF > OSPFv3 > OSPFv3 Area Settings, as shown below: Figure 6-57 OSPFv3 Area Settings Window The fields that can be configured in OSPFv3 Area Settings are described below: Parameter OSPF Area ID Range NSSA Stub Area Range IPv6 Prefix Advertise Description Enter the OSPF area ID used here. It can be specified as an IPv4 address or in the decimal value format. The decimal range is from 0 to 4294967295. Select this option to consolidate and summarize routes at an area boundary. This feature is used only with ABRs. It is used to consolidate or summarize routes for an area. The result is that a single summary route is advertised to other areas by the ABR. Routing information is condensed at area boundaries. External to the area, a single route is advertised for each address range. Select this option to assign the OSPF area as a Not-So-Stubby Area (NSSA) area. Select this option to define an area as a Stub area. After selecting the Range option, enter the OSPF area range IPv6 prefix and prefix length here. After selecting the Range option, select the advertise option here. Options to choose from are Advertise and No-Advertise. • Advertise - Specifies to advertise and generate an inter-area prefix LSA for the specified address range. • No-Advertise - Specifies to set the status to Do-Not-Advertise for the specified address range. The inter-area prefix LSA is suppressed, and the component networks remain hidden from other networks. Metric After selecting the NSSA option or Stub option, enter the stub area metric value here. The range is from 0 to 65535. • Default Metric - Select this option use the default metric value for this area, which is 1. • No-Summary - Select this option to prevent an ABR from sending interarea prefix LSAs into the stub area. Click the Apply button to accept the changes made. 243