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cospfLsdbSequence
cospf Lsdb Sequence
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.99.3.1.2
The sequence number field is a signed 32-bit integer. It is used to detect old and duplicate link state advertisements. The space of sequence numbers is linearly ordered. The larger the sequence number the more recent the advertisement.
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