# Displaying OSPF neighbor information

Use the following procedure to display OSPF neighbors.

## Prerequisites

- Install the Advanced License.

- Enable IP routing globally on the switch.

- Assign an IP address to the VLAN that you want to enable with OSPF.

  Routing is automatically enabled on the VLAN when you assign an IP address to it.

## Procedure steps

1. From the navigation tree, double-click IP Routing.

2. In the IP Routing tree, double-click OSPF.

3. In the work area, click the Neighbors tab.

4. Click Refresh to update the displayed information.

## Variable definitions

The following table describes the fields of the Neighbor tab.

Field | Description
--- | ---
IpAddr | Specifies the IP address this neighbor uses as an IP source address. On addressless links, this address will not appear as 0.0.0.0 but as the address of another interface that belongs to the neighbor.
AddressLessIndex | Specifies the corresponding value of the interface index on addressless links. This value is zero for interfaces that have an IP address.
RouterId | Specifies the unique ID of the neighboring router in the Autonomous System.
Options | Specifies a value that corresponds to the Options field of the neighbor.
Priority | Specifies the priority of the neighbor in the designated router election algorithm. A value of 0 indicates that the neighbor is not eligible to become the designated router on this particular network. This field is a value between 0 and 255.
State | Specifies the state of the relationship with this neighbor.
Events | Specifies the number of times this neighbor relationship has changed state or an error has occurred.
RetransQLen | Specifies the current length of the retransmission queue.
NbmaNbrPermanence | Specifies the status of the entry. The values dynamic and permanent refer to how the neighbor came to be known.
HelloSuppressed | Specifies whether hello packets are being suppressed to the neighbor.
InterfaceAddr | Specifies the interface address of the neighbor.