Modifying Default Metric For Redistribution - HP ProCurve 5300xl Series Management Manual

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Do not enable redistribution until you have configured the redistribution

filters. Otherwise, the network might get overloaded with routes that you did

not intend to redistribute.

Example: To configure the switch acting as an ASBR to filter out redistribu

tion of static or connected routes on network 10.0.0.0, enter the following

HPswitchASBR(config)# router ospf

HPswitch(ospf)# restrict 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0

HPswitch(ospf)# write memory

Redistribution is permitted for all routes by default.

Syntax: restrict < ip-addr > < ip-mask > | < ip-addr/< prefix length >

This command prevents any routes with a destination address that is included

in the range specified by the address/mask pair from being redistributed by

Modifying Default Metric for Redistribution

The default metric is a global parameter that specifies the cost applied to all

OSPF routes by default. The default value is 10. You can assign a cost from 1

– 16,777,215.

Example: To assign a default metric of 4 to all routes imported into OSPF,

enter the following commands:

HPswitch(config)# router ospf

HPswitch(ospf)# default-metric 4

Syntax: default-metric < value >

The < value > can be from 1 – 16,777,215. The default is 10.

IP Routing Features

Configuring OSPF

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