The OSPF External Setting serves two purposes:

  • Provides a means of testing the OSPF interface instrumentation and analysis functionality of Network Protocol Manager for OSPF.

  • Provides a means for Network Protocol Manager for OSPF to import OSPF interface status updates from an VMware Smart Assurance adapter, such as theVMware Smart Assurance Adapter for Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS.

    OSPF External Setting parameters and their values lists the OSPF External Setting parameters.

Table 1. OSPF External Setting parameters and their values

Parameter

Values

Description

AnalysisMode

ENABLEDDISABLED

Default: ENABLED

Enables or disables the availability analysis of OSPF interface (OSPFInterface, OSPFVirtualInterface) data collected from an external source.

InitialAdminStatus

UNKNOWNENABLEDDISABLED

Default: ENABLED

Determines the initial administrative state for the stored instrumentation objects that represent OSPF interfaces.

InitialIfState

UNKNOWNDOWNLOOPBACKWAITINGPOINT_TO_POINTDESIGNATED_ROUTERBACKUP_DESIGNATED_ROUTEROTHER_DESIGNATED_ROUTER

Default: POINT_TO_POINT

Determines the initial connection state for the stored instrumentation objects that represent OSPF interfaces.

InitialMulticastIfState

UNKNOWNDOWNLOOPBACKWAITINGPOINT_TO_POINTDESIGNATED_ROUTERBACKUP_DESIGNATED_ROUTEROTHER_DESIGNATED_ROUTER

Default: OTHER_DESIGNATED_ROUTER

Determines the initial multicast IF state for the stored instrumentation objects that represent OSPF interfaces.

InitialNeighborState

UNKNOWNDOWNATTEMPTINITTWO_WAYEXCHANGE_STARTEXCHANGELOADINGFULL

Default: FULL

Determines the initial neighbor state for the stored instrumentation objects that represent OSPF interfaces.

InitialNonMulticastIfState

UNKNOWNDOWNLOOPBACKWAITINGPOINT_TO_POINTDESIGNATED_ROUTERBACKUP_DESIGNATED_ROUTEROTHER_DESIGNATED_ROUTER

Default: POINT_TO_POINT

Determines the initial non-multicast IF state for the stored instrumentation objects that represent OSPF interfaces.

InitialVirtualIfState

UNKNOWNDOWNLOOPBACKWAITINGPOINT_TO_POINTDESIGNATED_ROUTERBACKUP_DESIGNATED_ROUTEROTHER_DESIGNATED_ROUTER

Default: POINT_TO_POINT

Determines the initial virtual state for the stored instrumentation objects that represent OSPF virtual interfaces.

InitialVirtualNeighborState

UNKNOWNDOWNATTEMPTINITTWO_WAYEXCHANGE_STARTEXCHANGELOADINGFULL

Default: FULL

Determines the initial virtual neighbor state for the stored instrumentation objects that represent OSPF virtual interfaces.