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Network OS Command Reference 203

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default-information-originate (OSPF)

Controls distribution of default information.

Synopsis default-information-originate [always] [metric metric] [metric-type {type-1 | type-2}]

no default-information-originate

Operands always Always advertises the default route. If the route table manager does not

have a default route, the router advertises the route as pointing to itself.

metric metric Used for generating the default route, this parameter specifies the cost for

reaching the rest of the world through this route. If you omit this parameter

and do not specify a value using the default-metric router configuration

command, a default metric value of 1 is used. Valid values range from 1

through 65535. The default is 10.

metric-type Specifies how the cost of a neighbor metric is determined. The default is

type-1. However, this default can be changed with the metric-type

command.

type-1 The metric of a neighbor is the cost between itself and the router plus the

cost of using this router for routing to the rest of the world.

type-2 The metric of a neighbor is the total cost from the redistributing routing to

the rest of the world.

Defaults The default values vary depending on the Operands settings.

Command Modes OSPF VRF router configuration mode

Description Use this command to control distribution of default information to OSPF router. This provides

criteria for the redistribution of any default routes found in the route table manager (whether static

or learned from another protocol) to its neighbors.

Usage Guidelines Enter no default-information-originate to disable this command.

Examples To always advertise the default route using a metric value of 20:

switch# configure

switch(config)# rbridge-id 5

switch(config-rbridge-id-5)#router ospf

switch(config-router-ospf-vrf-default-vrf)# default-information-originate always

metric 20

See Also default-metric (OSPF), metric-type (OSPF)