# OSPF LSA General Monitoring

The OSPF LSA General Monitor dialog box displays LSA general monitoring details of OSPF.

## Procedure

For CiscoView versions earlier than 5.2:

1. Right-click the device. Then select Configure, or double-click the device. The Device Configuration dialog box appears.

2. Select Protocols from the Category list.

3. Select OSPF in from the SelectProtocol list. Then click the Details button. The OSPF Configuration dialog box appears.

4. Select General Configuration from the Category list.

5. Click the Monitor button.

For CiscoView version 5.2 and later:

1. Right-click the device. Then select Configure, or double-click the device. The Device Configuration dialog box appears.

2. Select Protocols from the Category list.

3. Select OSPF in the Selectprotocol list, then click the Details button. The OSPF Configuration dialog box appears.

> > Note: The left frame in the dialog box displays the categories and the right frame displays the category details or a table. If a table is displayed, the variable on which the table is indexed and the key values of the index are listed below the category. Double-click the category to view the table and double-click a key value to view details of a particular row in the table.

> > Multiple indexes for a table, if any, are listed below the category in a nested manner. Select a key value to view the rows of the table about that value. Select a key value of the lowest indexing variable to view the details of that particular row.

4. Select General Configuration from the left pane of the OSPF Configuration dialog box. A table appears on the right pane of the dialog box.

5. Click the Monitor button.

The following information appears:

AS-external-LSA Gauge(ospfExternLSACount)

New LSAs Originated Counter (ospfOriginateNewLSAs)

New LSAs Received Counter (ospfRxNewLSAs)

## Related Topics

OSPF Area Specific Information Monitoring

OSPF Interface State

OSPF Neighbor State Monitoring

OSPF Virtual Interface State Monitoring

OSPF Virtual Neighbor State

### AS-external-LSA Gauge(ospfExternLSACount)

Number of external (LS type 5) link-state advertisements in the link-state database.

### New LSAs Originated Counter (ospfOriginateNewLSAs)

Number of new link-state advertisements that have been originated. This number is incremented each time the router originates a new LSA.

### New LSAs Received Counter (ospfRxNewLSAs)

Number of link-state advertisements received that are determined to be new instances. This number does not include newer instantiations of self-originated link-state advertisements.