configure isis area metric-style

configure isis area area_name metric-style [[narrow | wide] {transition}] | transition] {level [1 | 2]}

Description

This command specifies the metric style for the specified router process and IS-IS level.

Syntax Description

area_name Specifies the router process for which the metric style is to be configured.
narrow Specifies the narrow metric style, which uses the 6-bit default metric. Only narrow metrics are encoded in originated TLVs; only narrow SPF calculations are performed.
narrow transition Specifies the narrow metric style, which uses the 6-bit default metric. Only narrow metrics are encoded in originated TLVs; both narrow and wide SPF calculations are performed.
wide Specifies the wide metric style, which uses the 24-bit metric specified in RFC 3784. Only wide metrics area encoded in originated TLVs; only wide SPF calculations are performed.
wide transition Specifies the wide metric style, which uses the 24-bit metric specified in RFC 3784. Only wide metrics are encoded in originated TLVs; both narrow and wide SPF calculations are performed.
transition Specifies both the narrow and wide metrics. Both narrow and wide metric types are encoded in TLVs; both narrow and wide SPF calculations are performed.
level Specifies the IS-IS level to which the metric style applies.

Default

Narrow.

Usage Guidelines

Refer to RFC 3787, Section 5.1, for information on how to migrate a network from narrow metric-style to wide metric-style. Note that Section 5.2 is not supported. As a result, each interface's narrow and wide metric values must match while transitioning the metric style. Only when the entire network has transitioned to wide metric style should the interface metrics be configured differently than the configured narrow metric.

Example

The following command configures areax for the narrow metric style:

configure isis area areax metric-style narrow

History

This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 12.1.

Platform Availability

This command is available on platforms with a Core or Premier license as described in the ExtremeXOS and Switch Engine 31.7 Feature License Requirements document.