Disabling OSPFv2 graceful restart helper

The OSPFv2 graceful restart (GR) helper is enabled by default, and can be disabled on a routing device.

About this task

1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.
   

   device# configure terminal

2. Enter the router ospf command to enter OSPF router configuration mode and enable OSPFv2 on the device.
   

   device(config)# router ospf

3. Enter the graceful-restart command using the helper-disable keyword to disable the GR helper.
   

   device(config-router-ospf-vrf-default-vrf)# graceful-restart helper-disable

Example

The following example disables the GR helper.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router ospf 
device(config-router-ospf-vrf-default-vrf)# graceful-restart helper-disable