Reference Guide
metric-type 
{external| 
internal}
(OPTIONAL) The external link type associated with the default route 
advertised into a routing domain. The two options are:
• external
• internal
route-map 
map-
name
map-name is an identifier for a configured route map. The route map 
filters imported routes from the source routing protocol to the current 
routing protocol.
If you do not specify a map-name, all routes are redistributed. If you 
specify a keyword, but fail to list route map tags, no routes are 
imported.
Defaults IS-IS Level 2 routes only
Command Modes
• ROUTER ISIS (
for IPv4
)
• CONFIGURATION-ROUTER-ISIS-ADDRESS-FAMILY-IPV6 (
for IPv6
)
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 8.3.12.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.5.1.0 Added support for IPv6 ISIS.
Version 6.3.1.0 Introduced.
Usage 
Information
BGP to IS-IS redistribution supports “match” options using route maps. You can set the metric 
value, level, and metric-type of redistributed routes by the redistribution command. You can 
“set” more advanced options using route maps.
Example
FTOS(conf)#router is
FTOS(conf-router_isis)#redistribute bgp 1 level-1 metric 32 
metric-type
external route-map rmap-isis-to-bgp
FTOS(conf-router_bgp)#show running-config isis
!
router isis
redistribute bgp 1 level-1 metric 32 metric-type external 
route-map
rmap-isis-to-bgp
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