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Configuring OSPF Routers
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Configuring OSPF Routers

Owned by Shirly Tsang
Last updated: Jul 19, 2023 by Alex Mandel
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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.

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:

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