Reference Guide

984 | Router Information Protocol (RIP)
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Parameters
Defaults
Disabled.
metric: 1
Command Modes
ROUTER RIP
Command
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Usage
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The default route must be present in the switch routing table for the default-information originate
command to take effect.
default-metric
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Change the default metric for routes. Use this command with the redistribute command to ensure
that all redistributed routes use the same metric value.
Syntax
default-metric number
To return the default metric to the original values, enter no default-metric.
Parameters
Default
1
Command Modes
ROUTER RIP
Command
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Usage
Information
This command ensures that route information being redistributed is converted to the same metric value.
always (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword always to enable the switch software to
always advertise the default route.
metric metric-value (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword metric followed by a number as the
metric value.
Range: 1 to 16
Default: 1
route-map map-name (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword route-map followed by the name of a
configured route-map.
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number
Specify a number.
Range: 1 to 16.
The default is 1.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on Z9000
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on S-Series
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on C-Series
pre-Version 6.2.1.1 Introduced on E-Series