Multi-area OSPF Management

Sets the area ID to identify the area that the NE belongs to. The OSPF protocol supports the division of equipment into several areas. The equipment in each area generates routes according to the OSPF packets. The equipment in an area exchanges routing information with the equipment in another area. Finally, the routing information of the entire network is generated.

Specifies wether the area is default area.

Sets the authentication type of OSPF area. OSPF supports packet authentication. Only the OSPF packets passing the authentication can be received; otherwise, the neighbor relationship cannot be established normally. All the equipment in the area must agree on the same area authentication mode and password.

• None indicates no authentication.
• Simple indicates that authentication is performed based on the preset password, with the password not encrypted.
• MD5 indicates that authentication is performed based on the preset password, with the password encrypted in MD5 mode.

Sets the enabling status of automatic route aggregation.

• Enable: the number of automatic aggregation routes becomes the same as that of network segments automatically. That is, each configured network segment will generate an aggregation route.
• Disable: you can create a manual aggregation route.If you want to modify a specified aggregation route, you need to delete this route first, then create a new one.

Sets the Stub type of OSPF area.

• For the backbone area, this parameter must be set to NON-STUB.
• For other areas, it is recommended that you set this parameter to NON-STUB. If required, this parameter can also be set to STUB or NSSA.