Maximum Values In The Routing Table; Change The Is-Is Metric Style In One Level Only - Dell C9000 Series Networking Configuration Manual

Metric Style Correct Value Range for the isis metric Command
wide 0 to 16777215
narrow 0 to 63
wide transition 0 to 16777215
narrow transition 0 to 63
transition 0 to 63

Maximum Values in the Routing Table

IS-IS metric styles support different cost ranges for the route. The cost range for the narrow metric style is 0
to 1023, while all other metric styles support a range of 0 to 0xFE000000.

Change the IS-IS Metric Style in One Level Only

By default, the IS-IS metric style is narrow. When you change from one IS-IS metric style to another, the IS-IS
metric value (configured with the isis metric command) could be affected.
In the following scenarios, the IS-type is either Level-1 or Level-2 or Level-1-2 and the metric style changes.
Table 41. Metric Value When the Metric Style Changes
Beginning Metric Style
wide
wide
wide
wide
Final Metric Style
narrow
transition
narrow transition
wide transition
Intermediate System to Intermediate System
Resulting IS-IS Metric Value
default value (10) if the original
value is greater than 63. A message
is sent to the console.
truncated value (the truncated
value appears in the LSP only). The
original isis metric value is
displayed in the show config and
show running-config
commands and is used if you
change back to transition metric
style.
NOTE: A truncated value is a
value that is higher than 63,
but set back to 63 because
the higher value is not
supported.
default value (10) if the original
value is greater than 63. A message
is sent to the console.
original value
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