CLI Guide

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 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 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 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-2 to configure the
SPF calculation for Level 2 (inter-area) routing.
Defaults default-metric = 10; level-1 (if not otherwise specified)
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 configuring metrics on all interfaces. Without
configuring this command, the IS-IS metrics are similar to hop-count metrics.
Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
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