area virtual-link

Use this command to define an OSPF virtual link, which represents a logical connection between the backbone and a non-backbone OSPF area.

Syntax

area area-id virtual-link router-id {dead-interval seconds | hello-interval seconds | retransmit-interval seconds | transmit-delay seconds | dead-interval seconds | hello-interval seconds | retransmit-interval seconds | transmit-delay seconds}

Parameters

area-id Specifies the transit area for the virtual link. A transit area is an area through which a virtual link is established. Valid values are decimal values 0 - 4294967295 or dotted-quad notation.
router-id Specifies the router ID of the virtual link neighbor in dotted-quad notation. A virtual link is established through the transit area to the virtual link neighbor.
dead-interval seconds (Optional) Specifies the number of seconds that the hello packets of a router are not communicated to neighbor routers before the neighbor routers determine that the router sending the hello packet is out of service. This value must be the same for all nodes attached to a certain subnet, and it is a value ranging from 1 to 65535. The default value is 40 seconds.
hello-interval seconds (Optional) Specifies the number of seconds between hello packets on an interface. This value must be the same for all nodes attached to a network and it is a value ranging from 1 to 65535. The default value is 10 seconds (broadcast) and 30 seconds (non-broadcast and point-to-multipoint).
retransmit-
interval seconds (Optional) Specifies the number of seconds between successive retransmissions of the same LSAs. Valid values are greater than the expected amount of time required for the update packet to reach and return from the interface, and range from 1 to 3600. The default value is 5 seconds.
transmit-delay seconds (Optional) Specifies the estimated number of seconds for a link state update packet on the interface to be transmitted. Valid values range from 1 to 3600. The default value is 1 second.

Defaults

If no optional values are specified, optional values remain unchanged from current values.

Mode

OSPFv3 router configuration.

Usage

The “no” form of this command removes the virtual link if only the area ID and router ID are specified. If an optional parameter is specified, that option is reset to its default value.

Example

This example shows how to configure a virtual link between a router in OSPF area 0.0.0.2 and the ABR 1.1.1.1:

System(rw-config)->ipv6 router ospf 1
System(rw-config-ospfv3)->area 0.0.0.2 virtual-link 1.1.1.1