CLI Guide

Layer 3 Routing Commands 1690
Syntax
area area-id nssa [no-redistribution] [default-information-originate [metric
metric-value] [metric-type metric-type-value]] [no-summary] [translator-
role role] [translator-stab-intv interval]
no area area-id nssa [no-redistribution] [default-information-originate] [no-
summary] [translator-role] [translator-stab-intv]
• area-id—Identifies the OSPF stub area to configure. (Range: IP address or
decimal from 0–4294967295)
• metric-value—Specifies the metric of the default route advertised to the
NSSA. (Range: 1–16777214)
• metric-type-value—The metric type can be one of the following:
– A metric type of nssa-external 1
– A metric type of nssa-external 2 (default)
• role—The translator role where role is one of the following:
– always - The router assumes the role of the translator when it becomes
a border router.
– candidate - The router to participate in the translator election process
when it attains border router status.
• interval—The period of time that an elected translator continues to
perform its duties after it determines that its translator status has been
deposed by another router. (Range: 0–3600)
Default Configuration
If no metric is defined, 10 is the default configuration.
The default role is candidate. The default metric is type 2.
Command Mode
Router OSPF Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
Specifying a metric with no metric type is equivalent to specifying a metric
with a metric type of 2.