Reference Guide

Range: 5 to 86400 seconds.
on-startup wait-
for-bgp [ wait-
time ]
Enable the router to announce the maximum metric in OSPF LSAs until the BGP
routing table converges with updated routes. Default: 600 seconds.
You can also specify the time (in seconds) that the router waits for the BGP
routing table to converge before it stops advertising the maximum cost in LSAs
and advertises the router’s currently configured OSPF cost. Range: 5 to 86400
seconds.
Defaults Not Configured.
Command Modes
ROUTER OSPF
Command
History
Version Description
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S6100-ON.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100-ON.
9.1.(0.0) Introduced on the S4810 and Z9000.
8.4.2.5 Introduced on C-Series and E-Series TeraScale.
8.4.1.3 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale.
Usage
Information
When you bring a new router onto an OSPF network, you can configure the router to function as a stub
router by globally reconfiguring the OSPF link cost so that other routers do not use a path that forwards
traffic destined to other networks through the new router for a specified time until the router’s switching
and routing functions are up and running, and the routing tables in network routers have converged.
By using the max-metric router-lsa command, you force the link cost of all OSPF non-stub links to the
maximum link cost (65535). The advertisement of this maximum metric causes other routers to assign a
cost to the new router that is higher than the cost of using an alternate path. Because of the high cost
assigned to paths that pass through the new router, other routers will not use a path through the router
as a transit path to forward traffic to other networks.
Use the max-metric router-lsa command to gracefully shut down or reload a router without dropping
packets destined for other networks.
NOTE: If you enter the max-metric router-lsa command without an option (on-startup announce-
time or on-startup wait-for-bgp [wait-time]), the maximum metric of 65535 is always announced
in LSAs sent by the router.
Example
max-metric router-lsa
DellEMC(conf)#router ospf 10
DellEMC(conf-router_ospf)#log-adjacency-changes
DellEMC(conf-router_ospf)#network 4.1.1.0/24 area 0
DellEMC(conf-router_ospf)#network 1.1.1.0/24 area 1
DellEMC(conf-router_ospf)#max-metric router-lsa on-startup wait-for-bgp
DellEMC(conf-router_ospf)#exit
DellEMC(conf)#show ip ospf
Routing Process ospf 10 with ID 100.1.1.1 Virtual router default-vrf
Supports only single TOS (TOS0) routes
It is an Area Border Router
Originating router lsas with maximum metric
Time remaining 00:07:07
Condition : On-Startup while BGP is converging for 600 secs. State :
Active
SPF schedule delay 5 secs, Hold time between two SPFs 10 secs
Convergence Level 0
Min LSA origination 5 secs, Min LSA arrival 1 secs
Number of area in this router is 2, normal 2 stub 0 nssa 0
Area BACKBONE (0)
Number of interface in this area is 1
SPF algorithm executed 3 times
Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3) 1109