Configures an OSPFv3 area as a stub area.
| 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. |
N/A.
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.
The following command configures an OSPFv3 area as a stub area:
configure ospfv3 area 0.0.0.6 stub nosummary stub-default-cost 10
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 11.2.
This command is available on platforms with an Advanced Edge or Base license, or higher, as described in the ExtremeXOS and Switch Engine 31.7 Feature License Requirements document.