Changing the maximum number of load sharing paths

You can specify the number of paths IS-IS can calculate and install in the IP forwarding table. The following task specifies that the number of paths IS-IS can calculate and install in the IP forwarding table is 5 for the IS-IS IPv6 unicast address family.

About this task

Procedure

Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.
```
device# configure terminal
```
Enter the router isis command to enter IS-IS router configuration mode and enable IS-IS on the device.
```
device(config)# router isis
```
Enter the address-family ipv6 unicast command to enable ISIS address-family IPv6 unicast configuration mode.
```
device(config-isis-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast
```
Enter the maximum-paths command and specify a value to specify the number of paths IS-IS can calculate and install in the IP forwarding table.
```
device(config-router-isis-ipv6u)# maximum-paths 5
```

Example

The following example specifies that the number of paths IS-IS can calculate and install in the IP forwarding table is 5 for the IS-IS IPv6 unicast address family.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router isis
device(config-isis-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast
device(config-router-isis-ipv6u)# maximum-paths 5