NSE7 Advanced Networking and SD-WAN Practice Question
A FortiGate has OSPF configured in multiple areas. The administrator wants to redistribute routes from area 0 into area 1 with a metric of 10. Which command is correct?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap is that candidates may assume the 'set redistribute' command can be used to influence inter-area OSPF metrics, but this is invalid for routes already within the same OSPF process.
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Correct answer & explanation
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config router ospf set redistribute "ospf" metric 10
None of the provided commands correctly set the metric for inter-area OSPF routes. OSPF automatically floods Type 3 LSAs between areas; the metric is determined by interface costs and cannot be directly set via redistribution. Redistributing OSPF into the same process is not a supported method for inter-area metric control.
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config router ospf config redistribute "ospf" set status enable set metric 10 end
Why it's wrong here
'config redistribute "ospf"' is a subcommand that is not required to set the metric for inter-area routes. The direct 'set redistribute' command (as in D) is the correct syntax.
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config router ospf config redistribute "connected" set metric 10 end
Why it's wrong here
It redistributes connected routes, not OSPF routes, and does not achieve the goal of setting a metric for OSPF inter-area redistribution.
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config router ospf config area edit 1 set type nssa end
Why it's wrong here
Setting the area type to NSSA does not control the redistribution metric for inter-area routes.
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config router ospf set redistribute "ospf" metric 10
Why this is correct
It directly sets the metric for redistributed OSPF routes to 10 using the proper FortiOS command syntax.
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