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Analyze OSPF Link-State Advertisement Packets in Detail
Action
To analyze OSPF link-state advertisement packets in detail, follow these steps:
- In configuration mode, go to the following hierarchy level:[edit]user@host# edit protocols ospf traceoptions
- Configure OSPF link-state packages:[edit protocols ospf traceoptions]user@host# set flag lsa-update detail
- Verify the configuration:user@host# show
For example:
[edit protocols ospf traceoptions]
user@host# show
file ospf size 5m world-readable;
flag hello detail;
flag lsa-update detail; - Commit the configuration:user@host# commit
- View the contents of the file containing the detailed
messages:user@host# run show log filename
For example:
user@host# run show log ospfDec 2 16:23:47 OSPF sent LSUpdate (4) -> 224.0.0.5 (so-1/1/0.0) ec 2 16:23:47 Version 2, length 196, ID 10.0.0.6, area 0.0.0.0
Dec 2 16:23:47 checksum 0xcc46, authtype 0
Dec 2 16:23:47 adv count 6 Dec 2 16:23:47 OSPF sent LSUpdate (4) -> 224.0.0.5 (so-1/1/1.0)
Dec 2 16:23:47 Version 2, length 196, ID 10.0.0.6, area 0.0.0.0 Dec 2 16:23:47 checksum 0xcc46, authtype 0
Dec 2 16:23:47 adv count 6
