default-information-originate (OSPFv3)

Controls distribution of default information to an OSPFv3 device.

Syntax

default-information-originate [ always ] [ metric metric ] [ metric-type { type1 | type2 } ]
no default-information-originate

Command Default

The default route is not advertised into the OSPFv3 domain.

Parameters

always
Always advertises the default route. If the route table manager (RTM) does not have a default route, the router advertises the route as pointing to itself.
metric metric
Used for generating the default route, this parameter specifies the cost for reaching the rest of the world through this route. If you omit this parameter, the value of the default-metric command is used for the route. Valid values range from 1 through 65535.
metric-type
Specifies the external link type associated with the default route advertised into the OSPF routing domain.
type1
The metric of a neighbor is the cost between itself and the router plus the cost of using this router for routing to the rest of the world.
The default is type1.
type2
The metric of a neighbor is the total cost from the redistributing routing to the rest of the world.

Modes

OSPFv3 router configuration mode

OSPFv3 router VRF configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

This configuration provides criteria for the redistribution of any default routes found in the RTM (whether static or learned from another protocol) to its neighbors.

The no form of the command disables default route origination.

Examples

The following example specifies a metric of 20 for the default route redistributed into the OSPFv3 routing domain and an external metric type of Type 2.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# ipv6 router ospf
device(config-ipv6-router-ospf-vrf-default-vrf)# default-information-originate metric 20 metric-type type2