LevelOne GTL-2691 - Manual (Page 690)

C HAPTER 20 | Unicast Routing
Configuring the Open Shortest Path First Protocol (Version 2)
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CLI R EFERENCES
◆ "router ospf" on page 1476
◆ "summary-address" on page 1486
C OMMAND U SAGE
◆ If you are not sure what address ranges to consolidate, first enable
external route redistribution via the Redistribute configuration screen,
view the routes imported into the routing table, and then configure one
or more summary addresses to reduce the size of the routing table and
consolidate these external routes for advertising into the local domain.
◆ To summarize routes sent between OSPF areas, use the Area Range
Configuration screen ( page 685 ).
◆ This router supports up 20 Type-5 summary routes.
P ARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:
◆ Process ID – Process ID as configured in the Network Area
configuration screen (see page 670 ).
◆ IP Address – Summary address covering a range of addresses.
◆ Netmask – Network mask for the summary route.
W EB I NTERFACE
To configure the router to summarize external routing information:
1.
Click Routing Protocol, OSPF, Summary Address.
2.
Select Add from the Action list.
3.
Specify the process ID, the base address and network mask.
4.
Click Apply.
Figure 442: Summarizing External Routes