Usage Information

VersionDescription

8.3.19.0Introduced on the S4820T.

8.3.12.0Introduced on the S4810.

8.3.11.1Introduced on the Z9000.

7.5.1.0Introduced on the E-Series.

Dell Networking recommends configuring metrics on all interfaces. Without configuring this command, the IS-IS metrics are similar to hop-count metrics.

isis metric

Assign a metric to an interface.

Syntax

isis metric default-metric[level-1 level-2]

 

To return to the default values, use the no isis metric [default-metric]

 

[level-1 level-2] command.

Parameters

default-metric

Metric assigned to the link and used to calculate the cost

 

 

 

from each other router via the links in the network to other

 

 

destinations. You can configure this metric for Level 1 or

 

 

Level 2 routing. The range is from 0 to 16777215 irrespective

 

 

of the metric style. The default is 10.

 

 

If metric value is configured to more than 63, system

 

 

throughs the following warning:Warning: for metrics

 

 

greater than 63, 'metric-style wide' should be

 

 

configured on level-1-2, or it will be capped

 

 

at 63.

 

 

If the metric style is WIDE, the metric values that are greater

 

 

than 63 are only effective.

 

level-1

(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords level-1to configure the

 

 

shortest path first (SPF) calculation for Level 1 (intra-area)

 

 

routing. This setting is the default.

 

level-2

(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords level-2to configure the

 

 

SPF calculation for Level 2 (inter-area) routing.

Defaults

default-metric = 10; level-1 (if not otherwise specified)

Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)

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