Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Command Line Reference Guide 9.10(0.0)

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isis metric

Assign a metric to an interface.

Syntax

isis metric default-metric [level-1 | level-2]

To return to the default values, use the no isis metric [ default-metric] [level-1 | level-2] command.

Parameters

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. The range is from 0 to 63 for narrow and transition metric styles and from 0 to 16777215 for wide metric styles. The default is 10.
level-1	(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords `level-1` to configure the shortest path first (SPF) calculation for Level 1 (intra-area) routing. This setting is the default.
level-2	(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords `level-2` to configure the SPF calculation for Level 2 (inter-area) routing.

Defaults

default-metric = 10; level-1 (if not otherwise specified)

Command Modes

INTERFACE

Supported Modes

Full–Switch

Command History

Version	Description
9.9(0.0)	Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0)	Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.

Usage Information

Dell Networking recommends configuring metrics on all interfaces. Without configuring this command, the IS-IS metrics are similar to hop-count metrics.