configure ospfv3 area stub

configure ospfv3 area area_identifier stub [summary | nosummary] stub-default-cost cost

Description

Configures an OSPFv3 area as a stub area.

Syntax Description

area_identifier Specifies an OSPFv3 area, a four-byte, dotted decimal number.
summary Specifies that inter-area LSAs can be propagated into the area.
nosummary Specifies that inter-area LSAs cannot be propagated into the area.
cost Specifies a cost metric.

Default

N/A.

Usage Guidelines

A stub area is connected to only one other area. The area that connects to a stub area can be the backbone area. External route information is not distributed into stub areas. Stub areas are used to reduce memory consumption requirements on OSPFv3 routers.

Example

The following command configures an OSPFv3 area as a stub area:

configure ospfv3 area 0.0.0.6 stub nosummary stub-default-cost 10

History

This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 11.2.

Platform Availability

This command is available on platforms with an Advanced Edge or Core license as described in the Feature License Requirements document.