Reference Guide

default-information originate
To generate a default external route into an OSPF routing domain, configure the system.
Z9500
Syntax
default-information originate [always] [metric metric-value] [metric-type
type-value] [route-map map-name]
To return to the default values, use the no default-information originate command.
Parameters
always (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword always to specify that default route information
must always be advertised.
metric metric-
value
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword metric then a number to configure a metric
value for the route. The range is from 1 to 16777214.
metric-type
type-value
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords metric-type then an OSPF link state type of 1
or 2 for default routes. The values are:
● 1 = Type 1 external route
● 2 = Type 2 external route
route-map map-
name
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords route-map then the name of an established
route map.
Defaults Disabled.
Command Modes ROUTER OSPF
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.8.1.0 Added support for the Multi-Process OSPF.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
6.1.1.1 Introduced on the E-Series.
Related
Commands
redistribute — redistributes routes from other routing protocols into OSPF.
default-metric
Change the metrics of redistributed routes to a value useful to OSPF. Use this command with the redistribute command.
Z9500
Syntax
default-metric number
To return to the default values, use the no default-metric [number] command.
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