D-Link DES-3326 User Manual

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DES-3326 Layer 3 Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide

Figure 6-104. Monitor LSDB Table screen

The following fields are displayed:

Parameter

Description

Area ID

Allows the entry of an OSPF Area ID. This Area ID will then be used
to search the table, and display an entry − if there is one.

LSDB Type Displays which one of four types of link advertisements by which the

current link was discovered by the switch: Router link (RTRLink),
Network link (NETLink), Summary link (Summary), Autonomous
System link (ASSummary).

Adv Router

ID

Displays the Advertising Router’s ID.

Link State

ID

This field identifies the portion of the internet environment that is
being described by the advertisement. The contents of this field
depend on the advertisement's LS type.

LS Type Link State ID
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1 The originating router's Router ID.

2 The IP interface address of the network's Designated Router.

3 The destination network's IP address.

4 The Router ID of the described AS boundary router.

Mask

Displays the network mask in hexadecimal format. For example,
255.0.0.0 is displayed as FF000000.

Cost

Displays the routing metric associated with the link.

Sequence

Displays a sequence number corresponding to number of times the
current link has been advertised as changed.

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