area <AREA-ID>

Description

Creates a normal area with <AREA-ID> set if not present. If area is present and is not the normal area, this command changes the area type to normal area.

The no form of this command deletes the area with the <AREA-ID> specified. The area can be of any type (stub, stub no-summary, and default normal area).

Command context

config-ospfv3

Parameters

<AREA-ID>

Specifies the area ID in one of the following formats.

• Area identifier in IPv4 format (x.x.x.x), where x is a decimal number from 0 to 255.

• Area identifier in decimal format. Range: 0 to 4294967295.

Authority

Administrators or local user group members with execution rights for this command.

Examples

Creating a normal area:

switch(config)# router ospfv3 1
switch(config-ospfv3-1)# area 1

Deleting an area:

switch(config)# router ospfv3 1
switch(config-ospfv3-1)# no area 1