Changing the default redistribution metric

You can change the default metric for the IS-IS routing protocol. The following task changes the default metric value for the IPv6 unicast address family.

Procedure

  1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.
    device# configure terminal
  2. Enter the router isis command to enter IS-IS router configuration mode and enable IS-IS on the device.
    device(config)# router isis
    
  3. Enter the address-family ipv6 unicast command to enable ISIS address-family IPv6 unicast configuration mode.
    device(config-isis-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast
    
  4. Enter the default-metric command and specify a value to change the default metric value for the IPv6 unicast address family.
    device(config-router-isis-ipv6u)# default-metric 45
    

Example

The following example sets the default value to 45 for the IPv6 unicast address family.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router isis
device(config-isis-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast
device(config-router-isis-ipv6u)# default-metric 45