Introduction
OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) is a widely used and supported open-standard, link-state IGP (Interior Gateway Protocol). It learns routes by learning every router and subnet within the entire network; in doing so, it builds and maintains a full map of the network. Subsequently, to find the best routes between two routers, OSPF calculates a metric called cost. The higher the bandwidth of the connection, the lower the cost. As a link-state protocol, OSPF uses more CPU but offers the benefit of fast reactions to changes in the network.
Contents of the Infoblox OSPF Routers page
The page is accessed through Cloud Services Portal > Manage > Routing > OSPF Routers and displays the following information for each OSPF router you have created:
Name
Description
An indication of whether a router is online or has stopped, and whether it has started or is starting
Click for a particular OSPF router, and review the following details:
Pool: the name of the router’s pool
Status Changed: the date and time the router’s status was changed
HOST INFO:
Host Name
Host IP Address
Host Status: Online Started, Stopped Starting, or Error
INTERFACE BINDINGS
You can do the following on the OSPF routers page:
Create an OSPF router: Click the Create button, and follow the instructions in Creating OSPF Routers.
Edit an OSPF router: Select the OSPF router you want to modify, click Edit, and follow the instructions in Editing OSPF Routers.
Remove an OSPF router: Select the OSPF router you want to remove, and click Remove.
Start an OSPF router: Select the OSPF router you want to start, and click Start.
Stop an OSPF router: Select the you want to stop, and click Stop.
The following topics describe each action in detail: