Monitoring OSPF Routing Information

To view OSPF routing information, select Monitor>Routing>OSPF Information, or enter the following CLI commands:

Table 216 summarizes key output fields in the OSPF routing display.

Table 216: Summary of Key OSPF Routing Output Fields

Field	Values	Additional Information
OSPF Neighbors
Address	Address of the neighbor.
Interface	Interface through which the neighbor is reachable.
State	State of the neighbor: Attempt, Down, Exchange, ExStart, Full, Init, Loading, or 2way.	Generally, only the Down state, indicating a failed OSPF adjacency, and the Full state, indicating a functional adjacency, are maintained for more than a few seconds. The other states are transitional states that a neighbor is in only briefly while an OSPF adjacency is being established.
ID	Router ID of the neighbor.
Priority	Priority of the neighbor to become the designated router.
Dead	Number of seconds until the neighbor becomes unreachable.
OSPF Interfaces
Interface	Name of the interface running OSPF.
State	State of the interface: BDR, Down, DR, DRother, Loop, PtToPt, or Waiting.	The Down state, indicating that the interface is not functioning, and PtToPt state, indicating that a point-to-point connection has been established, are the most common states.
Area	Number of the area that the interface is in.
DR ID	Address of the area's designated router.
BDR ID	Address of the area's backup designated router.
Nbrs	Number of neighbors on this interface.
OSPF Statistics
Packet Type	Type of OSPF packet.
Total Sent/Total Received	Total number of packets sent and received.
Last 5 seconds Sent/Last 5 seconds Received	Total number of packets sent and received in the last 5 seconds.
Receive errors	Number and type of receive errors.