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default-information originate
Generates a default route into an IS-IS routing domain and controls the distribution of default information.
Syntax
default-information originate [always] [metric metric] [route-map map-name]
To disable the generation of a default route into the specied IS-IS routing domain, use the no default-
information originate [always] [metric metric] [route-map map-name] command.
Parameters
always (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword always to have the default route always
advertised.
metric metric (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword metric then a number to assign to the route.
The range is from 0 to 16777215.
route-map map-
name
(OPTIONAL) A default route the routing process generates if the route map is
satised.
Defaults Not congured.
Command Modes
• ROUTER ISIS (for IPv4)
• CONFIGURATION-ROUTER-ISIS-ADDRESS-FAMILY-IPV6 (for IPv6)
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
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.
9.5(0.1) Introduced on the Z9500.
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 Added IPv6 ISIS support.
6.3.1.0 Introduced.
Usage Information
When you use this command to redistribute routes into a routing domain, the router becomes an
autonomous system (AS) boundary router. An AS boundary router does not always generate a default route
into a routing domain. The router still requires its own default route before it can generate one.
How a metric value assigned to a default route advertises depends on the metric-style command
conguration. If the metric-style command is set for Narrow mode and the metric value in the
default-information originate command is set to a number higher than 63, the metric value
Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
783