# OSPF Area Specific Information Monitoring

The OSPF Area Specific Information Monitor dialog box monitors area specific information of the 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 Area Configuration from the Category list.

5. Select a row from the table and 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 Area Configuration from the left pane of the OSPF Configuration dialog box. A table appears on the right pane of the dialog box.

5. Select a row in the table and click the Monitor button.

The following information appears:

Intra-area route Table Update (ospfSpfRuns)

Total ABR Reachable (ospfAreaBdrRtrCount)

Total ASBR Reachable (ospfASBdrRtrCount)

Area LSA Gauge (ospfAreaLSACount)

## Related Topics

OSPF Interface State

OSPF LSA General Monitoring

OSPF Neighbor State Monitoring

OSPF Virtual Interface State Monitoring

OSPF Virtual Neighbor State

### Intra-area route Table Update (ospfSpfRuns)

Number of times that the intra-area route table has been calculated using this area's link-state database. This is typically done using Dijkstra's algorithm.

### Total ABR Reachable (ospfAreaBdrRtrCount)

Total number of area border routers reachable within this area. This is initially zero, and is calculated in each SPF Pass.

### Total ASBR Reachable (ospfASBdrRtrCount)

Total number of autonomous system border routers reachable within this area. This is initially zero, and is calculated in each SPF Pass.

### Area LSA Gauge (ospfAreaLSACount)

Total number of link-state advertisements in this area's link-state database, excluding AS External LSA's.