Reference Guide

Parameters
always (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword always to specify that default route
information must always be advertised.
metric metric-
value
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword metric then a number to configure
a metric value for the route. The range is from 1 to 16777214.
metric-type type-
value
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords metric-type then an OSPF link
state type of 1 or 2 for default routes. The values are:
• 1 = Type 1 external route
• 2 = Type 2 external route
route-map map-
name
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords route-map then the name of an
established route map.
Defaults Disabled.
Command Modes ROUTER OSPF
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the
relevant FTOS Command Line Reference Guide .
The following is a list of the FTOS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.8.1.0 Added support for the Multi-Process OSPF.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-Version
6.1.1.1
Introduced on the E-Series.
Related
Commands
redistribute — redistributes routes from other routing protocols into OSPF.
default-metric
Change the metrics of redistributed routes to a value useful to OSPF. Use this command with the redistribute
command.
Z9000
Syntax
default-metric number
To return to the default values, use the no default-metric [number] command.
Parameters
number Enter a number as the metric. The range is from 1 to 16777214.
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