Administrator Guide

Version Description
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.12.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information
Dell Networking recommends conguring metrics on all interfaces. Without conguring this command, the IS-IS
metrics are similar to hop-count metrics.
isis metric
Assign a metric to an interface.
Syntax
isis metric default-metric [level-1 | level-2]
To return to the default values, use the no isis metric [default-metric] [level-1 | level-2]
command.
Parameters
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 congure this metric for Level 1 or
Level 2 routing. The range is from 0 to 16777215 irrespective of the metric style. The
default is 10.
If metric value is congured to more than 63, system throughs the following
warning:Warning: for metrics greater than 63, 'metric-style
wide' should be configured on level-1-2, or it will be capped
at 63.
If the metric style is WIDE, the metric values that are greater than 63 are only eective.
level-1 (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords level-1 to congure the shortest path rst (SPF)
calculation for Level 1 (intra-area) routing. This setting is the default.
level-2 (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords level-2 to congure the SPF calculation for Level 2
(inter-area) routing.
Defaults default-metric = 10; level-1 (if not otherwise specied)
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.
876 Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)