Specifications

metric-style transition
MP-139
Cisco IOS Multiprotocol Label Switching Command Reference
January 2010
metric-style transition
To configure a router running Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) so that it generates
and accepts both old-style and new-style type, length, and value objects (TLVs), use the metric-style
transition command in router configuration mode. To disable this function, use the no form of this
command.
metric-style transition [le
vel-1 | level-2 | level-1-2]
no metric-style transition [lev
el-1 | level-2 | level-1-2]
Syntax Description
Defaults The Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) traffic engineering image generates only old-style TLVs. To
do M
PLS traffic engineering, a router must generate new-style TLVs that have wider metric fields.
Command Modes Router configuration
Command History
Examples The following example shows how to configure a router to generate and accept both old-style and
ne
w-style TLVs on router level 2:
Router(config-router)# metric-style transition level-2
Related Commands
level-1 (Optional) Enables this command on routing level 1.
level-2 (Optional) Enables this command on routing level 2.
level-1-2 (Optional) Enables this command on routing levels 1 and 2.
Release Modification
12.0(5)S This command was introduced.
12.1(3)T This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.1(3)T.
12.0(10)ST This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)ST.
12.2(28)SB This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(28)SB.
12.2(33)SRA This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRA.
12.2SX This command is supported in the Cisco IOS Release 12.2SX train. Support
i
n a specific 12.2SX release of this train depends on your feature set,
platform, and platform hardware.
Command Description
metric-style narrow Configures a router to generate and accept old-style TLVs.
metric-style wide Configures a router to generate and accept only new-style TLVs.