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isis ipv6 metric
Assign metric to an interface for use with IPv6 information.
Syntax
isis ipv6 metric default-metric [level-1 | level-2]
To return to the default values, use the no ipv6 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. 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 value 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.
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.
Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) 699