Configuring OSPF
Matrix DFE Series and N-SA User’s Guide 8-9
Activating Advanced Routing
Inordertoenableadvancedroutingprotocols,suchasOSPF andextendedACLs,onaMatrixDFE
SeriesorN‐SAdevice,youmustpurchaseandactivatealicensekey.Ifyouhavepurchasedan
advancedroutinglicense,andhaveenabledroutingonthedeviceasdescribedbackin
Procedure 3 ‐1
,youcanproceedtoactivateyourlicenseasdescribedinthissection.Ifyouwishto
purchaseanadvancedroutinglicens e,contactEnterasysNetworksSales.
1. Determineyourappropriatelicense‐keyfromtheactivationkeydocumentshippedwithyour
product,orbyviewingthetopoftherunning‐configoutput:
show running-config
2. Entertheapplicablelicensekeyforadvancedrouting:
set license advanced license-key [slot slot]
3. Activatethelicensebyresettingthedevice:
reset [mod-num | system ]
4. Verifylicenseactivation:
show license
Performing a Basic OSPF Configuration
Asdescribedpreviously,whileabasicrouterconfigurationallowsusersinVLANsattachedtothe
samenetworkdevicetocommunicate,trafficexchangebetweentwoormorenetworksrequires
theconfigurationofaroutingprotocol,suchasOSPF.
WiththeMatrixDFESeries/N‐SAadvancedroutinglicenseactivated,OSPFis
enabledbyfirst
creatinganOSPFinstance,andthenassociatingoneormorenetworkareasforthatinstance.
Procedure 8 ‐1liststhestepsandtheassociatedcommandsnecessarytocompletethisprocess.
Oncecompleted,optionalconfigurationtaskscanbeperformed,includingchangingthedefault
interfaceandareaparameterslistedinTable 8
‐4.
Procedure 8 ‐1assumesthat,asshowninthetopology inFigure 8‐2,theadministratorwantsto
allowVLAN100usersfromRouter1tocommunicatewithusersonneighboringRouter2.It
assumesthatadvancedroutinghasbeenenabled,andthattheadministratorhasconfigured
VLAN100asa
routinginterfaceasdescribedbackinthe“SampleConfiguration”onpage 7‐8.In
thiscase,theadministrator hasassignedtheinterfaceIPaddress131.108.1.1withinOSPFarea1.
OncetheadministratorhasconnectedthisinterfacefromtheportassignedtoVLAN100on
Router1overtoRouter2,
alinkwillbeestablishedwithanIPaddressinthesamenetworkas
VLAN100.BecauseVLAN100frameswillbeuntagged,thereisnorelationshipbetweenVLAN
100onRouter1,andanyVLANontheneighboringrouter.Router2maynotevenhaveaVLAN
100.Itwill,
nonetheless,believeitisamemberofnetwork131.108.1.1alongwithRouter1.
ForadescriptionofalltherouterconfigurationmodesusedintheMatrixDFESeries/N‐SACLI,
referbacktoTable 3‐6.
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