OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

First Published: February 27, 2006
Last Updated: May 4, 2009

This document describes new and modified commands that provide enhanced OSPF traffic statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3. The ability to collect and display more detailed traffic statistics increases high availability for the OSPF network by making the troubleshooting process more efficient.

New OSPF traffic statistics are collected and displayed to include the following information:

•OSPF Hello input queue and OSPF process queue status and statistics.

•Global OSPF traffic statistics.

•Per-OSPF-interface traffic statistics.

•Per-OSPF-process traffic statistics.

Finding Feature Information

For the latest feature information and caveats, see the release notes for your platform and software release. To find information about the features documented in this module, and to see a list of the releases in which each feature is supported, see the "Feature Information for OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3" section.

Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco IOS XE software image support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

Contents

•Prerequisites for OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

•Information About OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

•How to Display and Clear OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

•Configuration Examples for OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

•Additional References

•Feature Information for OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

Prerequisites for OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

OSPFv2 or OSPFv3 must be configured on the router.

Information About OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

The OSPF enhanced traffic statistics are enabled by default and cannot be disabled.

The detailed OSPF traffic statistics are especially beneficial for troubleshooting the following types of OSPF instabilities:

•OSPF process queue status and statistical information can help the network administrator determine if an OSPF process can handle the amount of traffic sent to OSPF.

•OSPF packet header errors and LSA errors statistics keep a record of different errors found in received OSPF packets.

OSPF enhanced traffic control statistics also monitor the amount of traffic control exchanged between OSPF processes—an important consideration in network environments with slow links and frequent topology changes.

How to Display and Clear OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

This section contains the following tasks:

•Displaying and Clearing OSPF Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2

•Displaying and Clearing OSPF Traffic Statistics for OSPFv3

Displaying and Clearing OSPF Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. show ip ospf [process-id] traffic [interface-type interface-number]

3. clear ip ospf traffic

DETAILED STEPS

 
Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1 

enable

Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

•Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2 

show ip ospf [process-id] traffic [interface-type interface-number]

Example:

Router# show ip ospf 10 traffic gigabitethernet 0/0/0

Displays OSPFv2 traffic statistics.

Step 3 

clear ip ospf traffic

Example:

Router# clear ip ospf traffic

Clears OSPFv2 traffic statistics.

Displaying and Clearing OSPF Traffic Statistics for OSPFv3

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. show ipv6 ospf [process-id] traffic [interface-type interface-number]

3. clear ipv6 ospf traffic

DETAILED STEPS

 
Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1 

enable

Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

•Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2 

show ipv6 ospf [process-id] traffic [interface-type interface-number]

Example:

Router# show ipv6 ospf traffic

Displays OSPFv3 traffic statistics.

Step 3 

clear ipv6 ospf traffic

Example:

Router# clear ipv6 ospf traffic

Clears OSPFv3 traffic statistics.

Configuration Examples for OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

This section contains the following examples:

•Example: Displaying and Clearing Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2

•Example: Displaying and Clearing Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv3

Example: Displaying and Clearing Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2

The following example shows display output for the show ip ospf traffic command for OSPFv2: 

Router# show ip ospf traffic


OSPF statistics:

 Rcvd: 55 total, 0 checksum errors

        22 hello, 7 database desc, 2 link state req

        6 link state updates, 6 link state acks


  Sent: 68 total

        45 hello, 7 database desc, 2 link state req

        10 link state updates, 4 link state acks




            OSPF Router with ID (10.1.1.1) (Process ID 8)


OSPF queues statistic for process ID 8:


  OSPF Hello queue size 0, no limit, drops 0, max size 0

  OSPF Router queue size 0, limit 200, drops 0, max size 0



Interface statistics:



    Interface GigabitEthernet0/0/1


OSPF packets received/sent


  Type          Packets              Bytes

  RX Invalid    0                    0

  RX Hello      0                    0

  RX DB des     0                    0

  RX LS req     0                    0

  RX LS upd     0                    0

  RX LS ack     0                    0

  RX Total      0                    0


  TX Failed     0                    0

  TX Hello      16                   1216

  TX DB des     0                    0

  TX LS req     0                    0

  TX LS upd     0                    0

  TX LS ack     0                    0

  TX Total      16                   1216


OSPF header errors

  Length 0, Checksum 0, Version 0, Bad Source 0, 

  No Virtual Link 0, Area Mismatch 0, No Sham Link 0, 

  Self Originated 0, Duplicate ID 0, Hello 0, 

  MTU Mismatch 0, Nbr Ignored 0, LLS 0, 

  Authentication 0, 


OSPF LSA errors

  Type 0, Length 0, Data 0, Checksum 0, 



Summary traffic statistics for process ID 8:


OSPF packets received/sent


  Type          Packets              Bytes

  RX Invalid    0                    0

  RX Hello      0                    0

  RX DB des     0                    0

  RX LS req     0                    0

  RX LS upd     0                    0

  RX LS ack     0                    0

  RX Total      0                    0


  TX Failed     0                    0

  TX Hello      16                   1216

  TX DB des     0                    0

  TX LS req     0                    0

  TX LS upd     0                    0

  TX LS ack     0                    0

  TX Total      16                   1216


OSPF header errors

  Length 0, Checksum 0, Version 0, Bad Source 0, 

  No Virtual Link 0, Area Mismatch 0, No Sham Link 0, 

  Self Originated 0, Duplicate ID 0, Hello 0, 

  MTU Mismatch 0, Nbr Ignored 0, LLS 0, 

  Authentication 0, 


OSPF LSA errors

  Type 0, Length 0, Data 0, Checksum 0, 




            OSPF Router with ID (10.1.1.4) (Process ID 1)


OSPF queues statistic for process ID 1:


  OSPF Hello queue size 0, no limit, drops 0, max size 2

  OSPF Router queue size 0, limit 200, drops 0, max size 2



Interface statistics:



    Interface Serial2/0/0


OSPF packets received/sent


  Type          Packets              Bytes

  RX Invalid    0                    0

  RX Hello      11                   528

  RX DB des     4                    148

  RX LS req     1                    60

  RX LS upd     3                    216

  RX LS ack     2                    128

  RX Total      21                   1080


  TX Failed     0                    0

 TX Hello      14                   1104

  TX DB des     3                    252

  TX LS req     1                    56

  TX LS upd     3                    392

  TX LS ack     2                    128

  TX Total      23                   1932


OSPF header errors

  Length 0, Checksum 0, Version 0, Bad Source 0, 

  No Virtual Link 0, Area Mismatch 0, No Sham Link 0, 

  Self Originated 0, Duplicate ID 0, Hello 0, 

  MTU Mismatch 0, Nbr Ignored 0, LLS 0, 

  Authentication 0, 


OSPF LSA errors

  Type 0, Length 0, Data 0, Checksum 0, 



    Interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0


OSPF packets received/sent


  Type          Packets              Bytes

  RX Invalid    0                    0

  RX Hello      13                   620

  RX DB des     3                    116

  RX LS req     1                    36

  RX LS upd     3                    228

  RX LS ack     4                    216

  RX Total      24                   1216


  TX Failed     0                    0

  TX Hello      17                   1344

  TX DB des     4                    276

  TX LS req     1                    56

  TX LS upd     7                    656

  TX LS ack     2                    128

  TX Total      31                   2460


OSPF header errors

  Length 0, Checksum 0, Version 0, Bad Source 13, 

  No Virtual Link 0, Area Mismatch 0, No Sham Link 0, 

  Self Originated 0, Duplicate ID 0, Hello 0, 

  MTU Mismatch 0, Nbr Ignored 0, LLS 0, 

  Authentication 0, 


OSPF LSA errors

  Type 0, Length 0, Data 0, Checksum 0, 

          


Summary traffic statistics for process ID 1:


OSPF packets received/sent


  Type          Packets              Bytes

  RX Invalid    0                    0

  RX Hello      24                   1148

  RX DB des     7                    264

  RX LS req     2                    96

  RX LS upd     6                    444

  RX LS ack     6                    344

  RX Total      45                   2296


  TX Failed     0                    0

  TX Hello      31                   2448

  TX DB des     7                    528

  TX LS req     2                    112

  TX LS upd     10                   1048

  TX LS ack     4                    256

  TX Total      54                   4392


OSPF header errors

  Length 0, Checksum 0, Version 0, Bad Source 13, 

  No Virtual Link 0, Area Mismatch 0, No Sham Link 0, 

  Self Originated 0, Duplicate ID 0, Hello 0, 

  MTU Mismatch 0, Nbr Ignored 0, LLS 0, 

  Authentication 0, 


OSPF LSA errors

  Type 0, Length 0, Data 0, Checksum 0,

The network administrator can issue the clear ip ospf traffic command to reset all counters and restart all statistics collections: 

Router# clear ip ospf traffic

Example: Displaying and Clearing Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv3

The following example shows display output for the show ipv6 ospf traffic command for OSPFv3: 

Router# show ipv6 ospf traffic 


OSPFv3 statistics:

  Rcvd: 32 total, 0 checksum errors

        10 hello, 7 database desc, 2 link state req

        9 link state updates, 4 link state acks

        0 LSA ignored


  Sent: 45 total, 0 failed

        17 hello, 12 database desc, 2 link state req

        8 link state updates, 6 link state acks




            OSPFv3 Router with ID (10.1.1.4) (Process ID 6)


OSPFv3 queues statistic for process ID 6

  Hello queue size 0, no limit, max size 2

  Router queue size 0, limit 200, drops 0, max size 2



Interface statistics:



    Interface Serial2/0/0


OSPFv3 packets received/sent


  Type          Packets              Bytes

  RX Invalid    0                    0

  RX Hello      5                    196

  RX DB des     4                    172

  RX LS req     1                    52

  RX LS upd     4                    320

  RX LS ack     2                    112

  RX Total      16                   852


  TX Failed     0                    0

  TX Hello      8                    304

  TX DB des     3                    144

  TX LS req     1                    52

  TX LS upd     3                    252

  TX LS ack     3                    148

  TX Total      18                   900


OSPFv3 header errors

  Length 0, Checksum 0, Version 0, No Virtual Link 0, 

  Area Mismatch 0, Self Originated 0, Duplicate ID 0, 

  Instance ID 0, Hello 0, MTU Mismatch 0, 

  Nbr Ignored 0, Authentication 0, 


OSPFv3 LSA errors

  Type 0, Length 0, Data 0, Checksum 0, 


Interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0


OSPFv3 packets received/sent


  Type          Packets              Bytes

  RX Invalid    0                    0

  RX Hello      6                    240

  RX DB des     3                    144

  RX LS req     1                    52

  RX LS upd     5                    372

  RX LS ack     2                    152

  RX Total      17                   960


  TX Failed     0                    0

  TX Hello      11                   420

  TX DB des     9                    312

  TX LS req     1                    52

  TX LS upd     5                    376

  TX LS ack     3                    148

  TX Total      29                   1308


OSPFv3 header errors

  Length 0, Checksum 0, Version 0, No Virtual Link 0, 

  Area Mismatch 0, Self Originated 0, Duplicate ID 0, 

  Instance ID 0, Hello 0, MTU Mismatch 0, 

  Nbr Ignored 0, Authentication 0, 


OSPFv3 LSA errors

  Type 0, Length 0, Data 0, Checksum 0, 



Summary traffic statistics for process ID 6:


OSPFv3 packets received/sent


  Type          Packets              Bytes

  RX Invalid    0                    0

  RX Hello      11                   436

  RX DB des     7                    316

  RX LS req     2                    104

  RX LS upd     9                    692

  RX LS ack     4                    264

  RX Total      33                   1812


  TX Failed     0                    0

  TX Hello      19                   724

  TX DB des     12                   456

  TX LS req     2                    104

  TX LS upd     8                    628

  TX LS ack     6                    296

  TX Total      47                   2208


OSPFv3 header errors

  Length 0, Checksum 0, Version 0, No Virtual Link 0, 

  Area Mismatch 0, Self Originated 0, Duplicate ID 0, 

  Instance ID 0, Hello 0, MTU Mismatch 0, 

  Nbr Ignored 0, Authentication 0, 


OSPFv3 LSA errors

  Type 0, Length 0, Data 0, Checksum 0,

The network administrator can issue the clear ipv6 ospf traffic command to reset all counters and restart all statistics collections: 

Router# clear ipv6 ospf traffic

Additional References

The following sections provide references related to the OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 feature.

Related Documents

Related Topic
Document Title

Configuring OSPF

"Configuring OSPF"

OSPF commands

Cisco IOS IP Routing: OSPF Command Reference

Cisco IOS master command list, all releases

Cisco IOS Master Command List, All Releases


Standards

Standard
Title

No new or modified standards are supported by this feature, and support for existing standards has not been modified by this feature.

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MIBs

MIB
MIBs Link

No new or modified MIBs are supported by this feature, and support for existing MIBs has not been modified by this feature.

To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS XE releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/go/mibs


RFCs

RFC
Title

No new or modified RFCs are supported by this feature, and support for existing RFCs has not been modified by this feature.

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Technical Assistance

Description
Link

The Cisco Support and Documentation website provides online resources to download documentation, software, and tools. Use these resources to install and configure the software and to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues with Cisco products and technologies. Access to most tools on the Cisco Support and Documentation website requires a Cisco.com user ID and password.

http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/support/index.html


Feature Information for OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

Table 1 lists the release history for this feature.

Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and software image support. Cisco Feature Navigator enables you to determine which Cisco IOS XE software images support a specific software release, feature set, or platform. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

Note Table 1 lists only the Cisco IOS XE software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given Cisco IOS XE software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that Cisco IOS XE software release train also support that feature.

Table 1 Feature Information for OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

Feature Name
Releases
Feature Information

OSPF Enhanced Traffic Statistics for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

Cisco IOS XE
Release 2.1

This document describes the detailed OSPF traffic statistics that are provided when the user enters the new and modified show commands for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3.

The following commands are introduced or modified in the feature documented in this module:

•clear ipv6 ospf traffic

•show ip ospf traffic

•show ipv6 ospf traffic


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