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OSPF Tag

Specifies an interval that the tag of the routers needs to be in between.

4.6.4.3. OSPF Action

This object defines an OSPF action.

General Parameters

Export to Process

Specifies into which OSPF AS the route change should be imported.

Forward

If needed, specifies the IP to route via.

Tag

Specifies a tag for this route. This tag can be used in other routers for
filtering.

Route Type

Specifies what the kind of external route type. Specify 1 if OSPF
should regard external routes as type 1 OSPF routes. Type 2 is the most
significant cost of a route.

OffsetMetric

Increases the metric of an imported route by this value.

Limit Metric To

Limits the metrics for these routes to a minimum and maximum value.
If a route has a higher or lower value than specified then it will be set
to the specified value.

4.6.4.4. Routing Action

A Routing Action is used to manipulate and export routing changes to one or more local routing
tables.

Destination

Specifies into which routing table the route changes to the
OSPF AS should be imported.

Offset Metric

Increases the metric by this value.

Offset Metric Type 2

Increases the Type 2 router's metric by this value.

Limit Metric To

Limits the metrics for these routes to a minimum and
maximum value. If a route has a higher value than specified
then it will be set to the specified value.

Static Route Override

Allows the override of the static routes.

Default Route Override

Allows the override of the default route.

4.6.5. Setting Up OSPF

Setting up OSPF can seem complicated because of the large number of configuration
possibilities that OSPF offers. However, in many cases a simple OSPF solution using a minimum
of cOS Core objects is needed and setup can be straightforward.

Let us examine again the simple scenario described earlier with just two Clavister Security
Gateways.

Chapter 4: Routing

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