Fortinet 548B User Manual

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Router ID: Is a 32 bit integer in dotted decimal format identifying the router, about which information
is displayed. This is a configured value.

OSPF Admin Mode: Shows whether the administrative mode of OSPF in the router is enabled or
disabled. This is a configured value.

ASBR Mode: Reflects whether the ASBR mode is enabled or disabled. Enable implies that the
router is an autonomous system border router. Router automatically becomes an ASBR when it is
configured to redistribute routes learnt from other protocol. The possible values for the ASBR status
is enabled (if the router is configured to re-distribute routes learnt by other protocols) or disabled (if
the router is not configured for the same).

ABR Status: Shows whether the router is an OSPF Area Border Router.

Exit Overflow Interval: Shows the number of seconds that, after entering Overflow State, a router
will attempt to leave Overflow State.

External LSA Count: Shows the number of external (LS type 5) link-state advertisements in the
link-state database.

External LSA Checksum: Shows the sum of the LS checksums of external link-state
advertisements contained in the link-state database.

New LSAs Originated: Shows the number of new link-state advertisements that have been
originated.

LSAs Received: Shows the number of link-state advertisements received determined to be new
instantiations.

External LSDB Limit: Shows the maximum number of non-default AS-external-LSAs entries that
can be stored in the link-state database.

Default Metric: Default value for redistributed routes.

Default Route Advertise: Indicates whether the default routes received from other source protocols
are advertised or not

Always: Shows whether default routes are always advertised.

Metric: Shows the metric for the advertised default routes. If the metric is not configured, this field is
blank.

Metric Type: Shows whether the routes are External Type 1 or External Type 2.

Maximum Paths: Shows the maximum number of paths that OSPF can report for a given
destination.

Redistributing: This field is a heading and appears only if you configure the system to take routes
learned from a non-OSPF source and advertise them to its peers.

Source: Shows source protocol/routes that are being redistributed. Possible values are static,
connected, or RIP.

Metric: Shows the metric of the routes being redistributed.

Metric Type: Shows whether the routes are External Type 1 or External Type 2.

Tag: Shows the decimal value attached to each external route.

Subnets: For redistributing routes into OSPF, the scope of redistribution for the specified protocol.

Distribute-List: Shows the access list used to filter redistributed routes.

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