Configuring route summaries

Area border routers send summary (type 3) advertisements into a stub area or NSSA to describe the routes to other areas. This command is particularly useful to reduce the size of the routing and Link State Database (LSDB) tables within the stub or NSSA.

By default, summary route advertisements are sent into the stub area or NSSA. The no form of the summaries command disables sending summary route advertisements and, in stub areas, the default route is advertised by the area border router.

The following CLI commands are displayed to illustrate route summary features. These command parameters can be defined at the same time stub areas and NSSAs are being configured. See Configuring an OSPF and OSPFv3 stub area and Configuring a Not-So-Stubby Area.

Route summaries for OSPF3 are configured the same as for OSPF.

Use the following syntax to configure a route summary.

ospf ospf-instance
        area area-id
    stub
        summaries
    nssa
        summaries
         

Example: Stub route summary configuration output

A:SAS-12>config>router>ospf# info
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            asbr
            overload
            overload-on-boot timeout 60
            traffic-engineering
            export "OSPF-Export"
            graceful-restart
                helper-disable
            exit
            area 0.0.0.0
                virtual-link 10.0.0.1 transit-area 0.0.0.1
                    authentication-type message-digest
                    message-digest-key 2 md5 "Mi6BQAFi3MI" hash
                exit
                virtual-link 1.2.3.4 transit-area 1.2.3.4
                    hello-interval 9
                    dead-interval 40
                exit
                interface "system"
                exit
            exit
            area 0.0.0.1
            exit
            area 0.0.0.20
                stub
                exit
                interface "to-103"
                exit
            exit
            area 0.0.0.25
                nssa
                exit
                interface "if2"
                    priority 100
                exit
            exit
            area 0.0.0.40
                interface "test1"
                    authentication-type password
                    authentication-key "3WErEDozxyQ" hash
                exit
            exit
            area 1.2.3.4
            exit
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A:SAS-12>config>router>ospf# 

Example: Stub route summary OSPv3 configuration output

A:SAS-12>config>router>ospf3# info
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            asbr
            overload
            timers
                lsa-arrival 50000
            exit
            export "OSPF-Export"
            area 0.0.0.0
                virtual-link 4.3.2.1 transit-area 4.3.2.1
                exit
                interface "system"
                exit
            exit
            area 0.0.0.20
                stub
                exit
                interface "SR1-2"
                exit
            exit
            area 0.0.0.25
                nssa
                exit
            exit
            area 4.3.2.1
            exit
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A:SAS-12>config>router>ospf3#