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

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metric-style

To generate and accept old-style, new-style, or both styles of type, length, and values (TLV), configure a router.

Syntax

metric-style {narrow [transition] | transition | wide [transition]} [level-1 | level-2]

To return to the default values, use the no metric-style {narrow [transition] | transition | wide [transition]} [level-1 | level-2] command.

Parameters

narrow	Allows you to generate and accept old-style TLVs. The metric range is from 0 to 63.
transition	Allows you to generate both old-style and new-style TLVs. The metric range is from 0 to 63.
wide	Allows you to generate and accept only new-style TLVs. The metric range is from 0 to 16777215.
level-1	Enables the metric style on Level 1.
level-2	Enables the metric style on Level 2.

Defaults

narrow; if no Level is specified, Level-1 and Level-2 are configured.

Command Modes

ROUTER ISIS

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

If you enter the metric-style wide command, the system generates and accepts only new-style TLVs. The router uses less memory and other resources rather than generating both old-style and new-style TLVs.

The new-style TLVs have wider metric fields than old-style TLVs.

Related Commands

isis metric — configures a metric for an interface.