OSPFv2 requires only a few configuration commands if you rely on default settings.

To use
OSPF, all you need to do is enable OSPF on each interface you intend to use in the network,
and OSPF uses messages to discover neighbors and learn routes through those neighbors.
However, the complexity of OSPFv2 results in a large number of show commands, many of
which reveal those default settings. So while you can make OSPFv2 work in a lab with all
default settings, to become comfortable working with it, you need to know the most common
optional features as well. This chapter begins that process.
The first major section of this chapter focuses on traditional OSPFv2 configuration using the
network command, along with the large variety of associated show commands. This section
teaches you how to make OSPFv2 operate with default settings and convince yourself that it
really is working through use of those show commands.
The second major section shows an alternative configuration option called OSPF interface
mode, in contrast with the traditional OSPF configuration shown in the first section of the
chapter. This mode uses the ip ospf process-id area area-number configuration command
instead of the network command.
The final section then moves on to discuss a variety of optional but popular configuration
topics. The features include topics such as how to use passive interfaces, how to change
OSPF costs (which influences the routes OSPF chooses), and how to create a default route
advertised by OSPF.