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Chapter 31 OSPF Table 66 OSPF Configuration (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Metric Value Enter a route cost (between 0 and 16777214). Apply Click Apply to save your changes to the switch's run-time memory. The switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done configuring. Cancel Click Cancel to start configuring the above fields again. Use this section to create or edit areas in OSPF. Name Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable English keyboard characters) for identification purposes. Area ID Enter a 32-bit ID (that uses the format of an IP address in dotted decimal notation) that uniquely identifies an area. A value of 0.0.0.0 indicates that this is a backbone (also known as Area 0). You can create only one backbone area on the switch. Authenticati on Select an authentication method (Simple or MD5) to activate authentication. Select None (default) to disable authentication. To ensure that the switch receives only routing information from a trusted layer 3 devices, activate authentication. OSPF supports three authentication methods: None - no authentication is used. Simple - authenticate link state updates using an 8 printable English keyboard character password. MD5 - authenticate link state updates using a 16 printable English keyboard character password. Usually interface(s) and virtual interface(s) should use the same authentication method as the associated area. If interface(s) and virtual interface(s) use different authentication methods than the associated area, the authentication methods are based on the interface(s) and virtual interface(s) settings. Stub Network Select this option to set the area as a stub area. If you enter 0.0.0.0 in the Area ID field, the settings in the Stub Area fields are ignored. No Summary Select this option to set the switch to not send/receive LSAs. Default Specify a cost (between 0 and 16777214) used to add a default route into a stub area Route Cost for routes which are external to an OSPF domain. If you do not set a route cost, no default route is added. Add Click Add to save your changes to the switch's run-time memory. The switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done configuring. Cancel Click Cancel to start configuring the above fields again. Clear Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults. Use this section to look at a summary of all the areas. Index This field displays the index number of an area. Name This field displays the descriptive name of an area. Area ID This field displays the area ID (that uses the format of an IP address in dotted decimal notation) that uniquely identifies an area. An area ID of 0.0.0.0 indicates the backbone. Authenticati This field displays the authentication method used (None, Simple or MD5). on Stub Network This field displays whether an area is a stub network (Yes) or not (No). MS-7206 User's Guide 181