Dell Force10 TeraScale E Series Reference Manual page 1238

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default-metric
c e s
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1238 | Router Information Protocol (RIP)
Disabled.
metric: 1
ROUTER RIP
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on S-Series
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on C-Series
pre-Version 6.2.1.1 Introduced on E-Series
The default route must be present in the switch routing table for the
command to take effect.
Change the default metric for routes. Use this command with the redistribute command to ensure
that all redistributed routes use the same metric value.
default-metric number
To return the default metric to the original values, enter no default-metric
number
Specify a number.
Range: 1 to 16.
The default is 1.
1
ROUTER RIP
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on S-Series
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on C-Series
pre-Version 6.2.1.1 Introduced on E-Series
This command ensures that route information being redistributed is converted to the same metric value.
redistribute Allows you to redistribute routes learned by other methods.
Enter a description of the RIP routing protocol
description {description}
To remove the description, use the no description {description} command.
description
Enter a description to identify the RIP protocol (80 characters maximum).
default-information originate
.