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Chapter 36 OSPF The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 120 IP Application > OSPF Configuration > OSPF Interface LABEL DESCRIPTION Network Select an IP interface. Area ID Select the area ID (in an IP address format with dotted decimal notation) of an area to associate the interface to that area. Authenticati on Note: OSPF Interface(s) must use the same authentication method within the same area. Select an authentication method. The choices are Same-as-Area, None (default), Simple and MD5. To participate in an OSPF network, you must make the authentication method and/or password settings the same as the associated area. Select Same-as-Area to use the same authentication method within the area and set the related fields when necessary. Select None to disable authentication. This is the default setting. Select Simple and set the Key field to authenticate OSPF packets transmitted through this interface using simple password authentication. Select MD5 and set the Key ID and Key fields to authenticate OSPF packets transmitted through this interface using MD5 authentication. Key ID Key When you select MD5 in the Authentication field, specify the identification number of the authentication you want to use. When you select Simple in the Authentication field, enter a password eight-character long. Characters after the eighth character will be ignored. Cost Priority Add Cancel Clear Index Network Area ID Authenticati on When you select MD5 in the Authentication field, enter a password 16character long. The interface cost is used for calculating the routing table. Enter a number between 0 and 65535. The default interface cost is 15. The priority you assign to the interface is used in router elections to decide which router is going to be the Designated Router (DR) or the Backup Designated Router (BDR). You can assign a number between 0 and 255. A priority of 0 means that the router will not participate in router elections. 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 nonvolatile memory when you are done configuring. Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults. This field displays the index number for an interface. This field displays the IP interface information. This field displays the area ID (in an IP address format with dotted decimal notation) of an area to associate the interface to that area. This field displays the authentication method used (Same-as-Area, None, Simple or MD5). 340 XGS4700-48F User's Guide