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vrIpOspfAreaImportAsExtern
Virtual Router Ip Ospf Area Import Autonomous System Extern
The area's support for importing AS external link-state advertisements. For backbone area (that is, areaId 0.0.0.0), this attribute must be set to importExternal.
Back to Nortel-Magellan-Passport-IpMIB MIB page.
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