Concept Guide

Beginning Metric Style Final Metric Style Resulting IS-IS Metric Value
commands and is used if you change back
to transition metric style.
Moving to transition and then to another metric style produces dierent results.
Table 31. Metric Value when the Metric Style Changes Multiple Times
Beginning Metric Style Next Metric Style Resulting Metric Value Next Metric Style Final Metric Value
wide transition truncated value wide original value is recovered
wide transition transition truncated value wide transition original value is recovered
wide transition truncated value narrow default value (10). A
message is sent to the
logging buer
wide transition transition truncated value narrow transition default value (10). A
message is sent to the
logging buer
Leaks from One Level to Another
In the following scenarios, each IS-IS level is congured with a dierent metric style.
Table 32. Metric Value with
Dierent Levels Congured with Dierent Metric Styles
Level-1 Metric Style Level-2 Metric Style Resulting Metric Value
narrow wide original value
narrow wide transition original value
narrow narrow transition original value
narrow transition original value
wide narrow truncated value
wide narrow transition truncated value
wide wide transition original value
wide transition truncated value
narrow transition wide original value
narrow transition narrow original value
narrow transition wide transition original value
narrow transition transition original value
transition wide original value
transition narrow original value
transition wide transition original value
transition narrow transition original value
wide transition wide original value
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