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Parameters
Defaults
default-metric = 10; level-1 (if not otherwise specified)
Command Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
Usage
Information
Dell Force10 Networks recommends configuring metrics on all interfaces. Without configuring this
command, the IS-IS metrics are similar to hop-count metrics.
isis metric
e
Assign a metric to an interface.
Syntax
isis metric default-metric [level-1 | level-2]
To return to the default values, enter no isis metric [default-metric] [level-1 | level-2].
Parameters
Defaults
default-metric = 10; level-1 (if not otherwise specified)
Command Modes
INTERFACE
Usage
Information
Dell Force10 Networks recommends configuring metrics on all interfaces. Without configuring this
command, the IS-IS metrics are similar to hop-count metrics.
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.
Range:0 to 16777215
Default: 10
level-1 (OPTIONAL) Enter level-1 to configure the shortest path first (SPF) calculation for
Level 1 (intra-area) routing.
This is the default.
level-2 (OPTIONAL) Enter level-2 to configure the SPF calculation for Level 2 (inter-area)
routing.
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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.
Range: 0 to 63 for narrow and transition metric styles; 0 to 16777215 for wide metric
styles.
Default: 10
level-1 (OPTIONAL) Enter level-1 to configure the shortest path first (SPF) calculation for
Level 1 (intra-area) routing.
This is the default.
level-2 (OPTIONAL) Enter level-2 to configure the SPF calculation for Level 2 (inter-area)
routing.