Reference Guide

924 | Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
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Defaults
Padding of hello PDUs is enabled (ON).
Command Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
Usage
Information
Hello PDUs are “padded” only when both the global and interface padding options are ON. Turning
either one OFF will disable padding for the corresponding interface(s).
Related
Commands
isis ipv6 metric
e
Assign metric to an interface for use with IPv6 information.
Syntax
isis ipv6 metric default-metric [level-1 | level-2]
To return to the default values, enter no ipv6 isis metric [default-metric] [level-1 | level-2]
command.
Parameters
Defaults
default-metric = 10; level-1 (if not otherwise specified)
Command Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
Usage
Information
Dell Force10 recommends configuring metrics on all interfaces. Without configuring this command,
the IS-IS metrics are similar to hop-count metrics.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on S4820T
Version 8.3.12.0 Introduced on S4810
hello padding Turn ON or OFF padding for LAN and point-to-point hello PDUs.
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 configure this metric for Level 1 or Level 2 routing.
Range:0 to 16777215
Default: 10
level-1 (OPTIONAL) Enter level-1 to configure the shortest path first (SPF) calculation for
Level 1 (intra-area) routing.
This is the default.
level-2 (OPTIONAL) Enter level-2 to configure the SPF calculation for Level 2 (inter-area)
routing.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on S4820T
Version 8.3.12.0 Introduced on S4810
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on E-Series