Switch OSPF Routing Configuration

Dashboard Location: Switching > Configure > OSPF Routing

Switch OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) routing configuration in Meraki networks provides administrators with the capability to implement dynamic routing protocols for intelligent path selection, network convergence, and scalable multi-area network topologies. This functionality enables automatic route discovery, load balancing across multiple paths, network redundancy, and simplified network management through link-state routing protocols. OSPF routing is essential for large-scale network deployments, multi-site connectivity, advanced traffic engineering, and maintaining optimal network performance through dynamic route computation.

Example-1: The example below demonstrates switch routing OSPF configuration.

This configuration enables Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing protocol on Layer 3 switches for dynamic route discovery and convergence. The example includes area assignments, authentication settings, and routing parameters for enterprise network connectivity.

This configuration activates OSPF routing using “enabled: true”, “hello_timer_in_seconds: 10” and “dead_timer_in_seconds: 30” for neighbor discovery timing, and “areas” array defining OSPF areas with “area_id” (0, 20), “area_name” (BACKBONE, branch1), and “area_type: normal” specifications. The configuration includes “v3” settings for OSPFv3 with separate timers, “md5_authentication: true” for secure neighbor authentication, and “md5_authentication_key” with “id: 1” and environment variable “passphrase” for cryptographic authentication between OSPF routers.

meraki:
  domains:
    - name: !env domain
      administrator:
        name: !env org_admin
      organizations:
        - name: !env org
          networks:
            - name: !env network_name
              product_types:
                - appliance
                - switch
                - wireless
                - camera
                - sensor
                - cellularGateway
              switch:
                routing_ospf:
                  enabled: true
                  hello_timer_in_seconds: 10
                  dead_timer_in_seconds: 30
                  areas:
                    - area_id: "0"
                      area_name: BACKBONE
                      area_type: normal
                    - area_id: "20"
                      area_name: branch1
                      area_type: normal
                  v3:
                    enabled: false
                    hello_timer_in_seconds: 30
                    dead_timer_in_seconds: 60
                  md5_authentication: true
                  md5_authentication_key:
                    id: 1
                    passphrase: !env ospf_auth_key