Users Guide
Beginning Metric Style Final Metric Style Resulting IS-IS Metric Value
narrow transition wide original value
narrow transition narrow original value
narrow transition wide transition original value
narrow transition transition original value
wide transition wide original value
wide transition narrow default value (10) if the original value is 
greater than 63. A message is sent to the 
console.
wide transition narrow transition default value (10) if the original value is 
greater than 63. A message is sent to the 
console.
wide transition transition truncated value (the truncated value 
appears in the LSP only). The original 
isis metric value is displayed in the 
show config and show running-
config
 commands and is used if you 
change back to transition metric style.
Moving to transition and then to another metric style produces dierent results.
Table 39. 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 buer
wide transition transition truncated value narrow transition default value (10). A 
message is sent to the 
logging buer
Leaks from One Level to Another
In the following scenarios, each IS-IS level is congured with a dierent metric style.
Table 40. Metric Value with Dierent Levels Congured with Dierent 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
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