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Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage Information
Dell Networking recommends conguring metrics on all interfaces. Without conguring 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 congure this metric for Level 1 or
Level 2 routing. The range is from 0 to 63 for narrow and transition metric styles and from
0 to 16777215 for wide metric styles. The default is 10.
level-1 (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords level-1 to congure the shortest path rst (SPF)
calculation for Level 1 (intra-area) routing. This setting is the default.
level-2 (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords level-2 to congure the SPF calculation for Level 2
(inter-area) routing.
Defaults default-metric = 10; level-1 (if not otherwise specied)
Command Modes INTERFACE
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage Information
Dell Networking recommends conguring metrics on all interfaces. Without conguring this command, the IS-IS
metrics are similar to hop-count metrics.
isis network point-to-point
Enable the software to treat a broadcast interface as a point-to-point interface.
Syntax
isis network point-to-point
To disable the feature, use the no isis network point-to-point command.
Defaults Not enabled.
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