EZZ7900I

Explanation
An OSPF packet with an incorrect length
was received from the specified source. OMPROUTE determines that a
packet has an incorrect length in the following situations:The OSPF packet length field value in the OSPF header does not
correlate with the IP header length field value in the IP header.
The number of elements indicated in the OSPF packet does not correlate
with the OSPF packet length field value in the OSPF header. An example
of this is an OSPF Link State Update packet that specifies an incorrect
value for the number of link state advertisements (LSAs) that it contains.

In the message text:source
The IP address of the neighboring OSPF router.
type
The OSPF packet type. Possible values are:1
Hello
2
Database description
3
Link state request
4
Link state update
5
Link state acknowledgment

System action
 The packet is discarded.

Operator response
 Contact the system programmer.

System programmer response
 Contact the manufacturer of the OSPF
application on the source router to report the problem. For
additional information, including instructions on gathering documentation,
see diagnosing OMPROUTE  problems in z/OS Communications Server: IP Diagnosis Guide.

Module
 SPF, EZA6RSPF

Example
  EZZ7900I BAD LENGTH  PACKET, FROM 10.2.3.4, TYPE 4