Users Guide
threshold metric
Congure the metric threshold used to determine the UP and/or DOWN state of a tracked IPv4 or IPv6 route.
Syntax
threshold metric {up number | down number}
To return to the default setting, use the no threshold metric {up number | down number} 
command.
Parameters
up number Enter a number for the UP threshold to be applied to the scaled metric of an IPv4 or IPv6 
route. The default UP threshold is 254. The routing state is UP if the scaled route metric 
is less than or equal to the UP threshold.
down number Enter a number for the DOWN threshold to be applied to the scaled metric of an IPv4 or 
IPv6 route. The default DOWN threshold is255. The routing state is DOWN if the scaled 
route metric is greater than or equal to the DOWN threshold.
Defaults None
Command Modes OBJECT TRACKING (conf_track_object-id)
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking 
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S6100-ON.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100-ON.
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.
8.3.12.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.4.1.0 Introduced.
Usage Information
Use this command to congure the UP and/or DOWN threshold for the scaled metric of a tracked IPv4 or IPv6 
route.
Determine the UP/DOWN state of a tracked route by the threshold for the current value of the route metric in the 
routing table. To provide a common tracking interface for dierent clients, route metrics are scaled in the range 0 
to 255, where 0 is connected and 255 is inaccessible. The scaled metric value communicated to a client always 
considers a lower value to have priority over a higher value.
The resulting scaled value is compared against the congured threshold values to determine the state of a tracked 
route as follows:
• If the scaled metric for a route entry is less than or equal to the UP threshold, the state of a route is UP.
• If the scaled metric for a route is greater than or equal to the DOWN threshold or the route is not entered in 
the routing table, the state of a route is DOWN.
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