EIGRP Dynamic Metric Calculations

The EIGRP Dynamic Metric Calculations features enables the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) to use dynamic raw radio-link characteristics (current and maximum bandwidth, latency, and resources) to compute a composite EIGRP metric. A tunable hysteresis mechanism helps to avoid churn in the network as a result of the change in the link characteristics. In addition to the link characteristics, the L2/L3 API provides an indication when a new adjacency is discovered, or an existing unreachable adjacency is again reachable. When the Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP) receives the adjacency signals, it responds with an immediate Hello out the specified interface to expedite the discovery of the EIGRP peer.

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Prerequisites for EIGRP Dynamic Metric Calculations

Complete the virtual template and the appropriate PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) configurations before performing this tasks in this module.

Information About EIGRP Dynamic Metric Calculations

Link-Quality Metrics Reporting for EIGRP

The quality of a radio link has a direct impact on the throughput that can be achieved by device-to-device traffic. The PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) provides a process by which a device can request, or a radio can report, link-quality metric information. With the Cisco Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) implementation, the route cost to a neighbor is dynamically updated based on metrics reported by the radio, thus allowing the best route to be chosen within a given set of radio links and reducing the effect of frequent routing changes.

The routing protocols receive raw radio-link data and compute a composite quality metric for each link In computing these metrics, you should consider these factors:

  • Maximum data rate--the theoretical maximum data rate of the radio link, in scaled bits per second

  • Current data rate--the current data rate achieved on the link, in scaled bits per second

  • Resources--a percentage (0 to 100) that can represent the remaining amount of a resource (such as battery power)

  • Latency--the transmission delay packets encounter, in milliseconds

  • Relative link quality--a numeric value (0 to 100) representing relative quality, with 100 being the highest quality

You can weight metrics during the configuration process to emphasize or deemphasize particular characteristics. For example, if throughput is a particular concern, you can weight the throughput metric so that it is factored more heavily into the composite route cost. Similarly, a metric of no concern can be omitted from the composite calculation

Link metrics can change rapidly, often by very small degrees, which can result in a flood of meaningless routing updates. In a worst-case scenario, the network could churn almost continuously as it struggles to react to minor variations in link quality. To alleviate this concern, Cisco provides a tunable dampening mechanism that allows you to configure threshold values. Any metric change that falls below the threshold is ignored. The quality of a connection to a neighbor varies, based on various characteristics of the interface when EIGRP is used as the routing protocol. The routing protocol receives dynamic raw radio-link characteristics and computes a composite metric that is used to reduce the effect of frequent routing changes.

By using the tunable hysteresis mechanism, you can adjust the threshold to the routing changes that occur when the device receives a signal that a new peer has been discovered or that an existing peer is unreachable. The tunable metric is weighted and is adjusted dynamically to account for these characteristics:

  • Current and maximum bandwidth

  • Latency

  • Resources

  • Relative link quality (RLQ)

You can deconfigure individual weights, and you can clear all weights so that the cost returns to the default value for the interface type. Based on the routing changes that occur, you can determine the cost by applying these metrics.

EIGRP Cost Metrics for VMIs

When the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) is used as the routing protocol, metrics allow EIGRP to respond to routing changes. The link-state metric is advertised as the link cost in the device link advertisement. The reply sent to any routing query always contains the latest metric information. The exceptions that result in an immediate update being sent are:

  • A down interface

  • A down route

  • Any change in a metric that results in the device selecting a new next hop

EIGRP receives dynamic raw radio-link characteristics and computes a composite EIGRP metric based on a proprietary formula. To avoid churn in the network as a result of the change in the link characteristics, EIGRP uses a tunable dampening mechanism.

EIGRP uses the metric weights along with a set of vector metrics to compute the composite metric for local routing information base (RIB) installation and route selections. The EIGRP composite metric is calculated using the formula:

metric = [K1 * BW + (K2 * BW) / (256 - Load) + K3 * Delay] * [K5 / (Reliability + K4)]

If K5 = 0, the formula reduces to metric = [K1 * BW + (K2 * BW)/(256 - Load) + K3 * Delay]


Note

Use K values only after careful planning. Mismatched K values prevent a neighbor relationship from being built, which can cause your network to fail to converge.

The table below lists the EIGRP vector metrics and their descriptions.

Table 1. EIGRP Vector Metrics

Vector Metric

Description

BW

Minimum bandwidth of the route in kb/s. It can be 0 or any positive integer.

Delay

Route delay in tens of microseconds. It can be 0 or any positive number that is a multiple of 39.1 nanoseconds.

Reliability

Likelihood of successful packet transmission expressed as a number from 0 to 255. The value 255 means 100 percent reliability; 0 means no reliability.

Load

Effective load of the route expressed as a number from 0 to 255 (255 is 100 percent loading).

MTU

Minimum maximum transmission unit (MTU) size of the route in bytes. It can be 0 or any positive integer.

EIGRP monitors metric weights on an interface to allow for the tuning of EIGRP metric calculations and indicate the type of service (ToS). The table below lists the K-values and their default.

Table 2. EIGRP K-Value Defaults

Setting

Default Value

K1

1

K2

0

K3

1

K4

0

K5

0

Most configurations use the first two metrics—delay and bandwidth. The default formula of (BW + Delay) is the EIGRP metric. The bandwidth for the formula is scaled and inverted by this formula:

(10^7/minimum BW in kilobits per second)

You can change the weights, but these weights must be the same on all the devices.

For example, look at an EIGRP link where the bandwidth to a particular destination is 128k and the Relative Link Quality (RLQ) is 50 percent.

BW = (256 * 10000000) / 128 = 20000000

Delay = (((10000000000 / 128) * 100) / (50 * 1000)) * 256 = (40000000 / 10) = 4000000

Using the cut-down formula, the EIGRP metric calculation would simplify to 256*(BW + Delay), resulting in the following value:

Metric = (BW + Delay) = 20000000 + 4000000 = 240000000

VMI Metric to EIGRP Metric Conversion

The quality of connection to a virtual multipoint interface (VMI) neighbor varies based on various characteristics computed dynamically based on the feedback from Layer 2 to Layer 3. The table below lists the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) metrics and their significance.

Table 3. EIGRP MANET Metrics for VMI Interfaces

Metric

Significance

Current data rate

uint64_t

The current data rate reported from the radio. EIGRP converts the value into kilobits per second.

Max data rate

uint64_t

The maximum data rate reported from the radio. EIGRP converts the value into kilobits per second.

Latency

unsigned int

The latency computed and reported by the radio in milliseconds.

Resources

unsigned int

The resources computed by the radio. A representation of resources, such as battery power, ranges from 0 to 100. If a radio does not report dynamic resources, the value is always 100.

Relative link quality

unsigned int

An opaque number that ranges from 0 to 100 is computed by the radio, representing radio's view of link quality. 0 represents the worst possible link, 100 represents the best possible link.

Link-load

unsigned int

An opaque number that ranges from 0 to 100 is computed by VMI, representing the load on the Ethernet link. 0 represents an idle Ethernet link, 100 represents a fully loaded Ethernet link. Note that this is not associated with the radio link.

The table below shows how these EIGRP vector metric values map to the basic EIGRP interface parameters.

Table 4. Mapping of VMI Metric Values to EIGRP Vector Metrics Values

VMI Metric

EIGRP Metric

Mapping

Current data rate

Bandwidth

Calculated:

bandwidth = (256 * 10000000) / (current data rate / 1000)

Relative link quality resources

Reliability

Calculated:

reliability = (255 * (relative link quality) / 100)) *

(resources / 100)

Current data rate

Relative link quality

Delay

Calculated:

delay = 256 * (1E10 / (current data rate / 1000)) * ((100 / relative link quality) / 1000) / 10

Load

Load

Calculated:

load = ((255 * link-load) / 100)

EIGRP Metric Dampening for VMIs

Rapid changes in metric components can affect the network by requiring that prefixes learned though the virtual multipoint interface (VMI) be updated and sent to all adjacencies. This update can result in further updates and, in a worst-case scenario, cause network-wide churn. To prevent such effects, metrics can be dampened, or thresholds set, so that any change that does not exceed the dampening threshold is ignored.

Network changes that cause an immediate update include

  • A down interface

  • A down route

  • Any change in a metric that results in the device selecting a new next hop

Dampening the metric changes can be configured based on change or time intervals.

If the dampening method is change-based, changes in routes learned though a specific interface, or in the metrics for a specific interface, are not advertised to adjacencies until the computed metric changes from the last advertised value significantly enough to cause an update to be sent.

If this dampening method is interval-based, changes in routes learned though a specific interface, or in the metrics for a specific interface, are not advertised to adjacencies until the specified interval is met, unless the change results in a new route path selection.

When the timer expires, any routes that have outstanding changes to report are sent. If a route changes, such that the final metric of the route matches the last updated metric, no update is sent.

How to Configure EIGRP Dynamic Metric Calculations

Setting the EIGRP Change-based Dampening Interval Using Classic-Style Configuration

Perform this optional task to set the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) change-based dampening interval for virtual multipoint interfaces (VMIs) using classic-style configuration. Configuring the router eigrp autonomous-system-number command creates an EIGRP configuration referred to as autonomous system (AS) configuration. An EIGRP AS configuration creates an EIGRP routing instance that can be used for tagging routing information.

You can configure this feature with either an IPv4 or an IPv6 address, or you can use both. If you are using both IPv4 and IPv6, complete the entire configuration.

This configuration sets the threshold to 50 percent tolerance for routing updates involving VMIs and peers.

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. interface type number
  4. ip address address mask
  5. no ip redirects
  6. no ip split-horizon eigrp autonomous-system-number
  7. ip dampening-change eigrp autonomous-system-number percentage
  8. Enter one of the following commands:
    • ipv6 address address
    • ipv6 enable
  9. ipv6 eigrp autonomous-system-number
  10. no ipv6 split-horizon eigrp autonomous-system-number
  11. ipv6 dampening-change eigrp autonomous-system-number percentage
  12. router eigrp autonomous-system-number
  13. network address
  14. ipv6 router eigrp autonomous-system-number
  15. end

DETAILED STEPS

  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1

enable

Example:


Device> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal

Example:


Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

interface type number

Example:


Device(config)# interface vmi 1

Enters interface configuration mode and creates a VMI.

Step 4

ip address address mask

Example:


Device(config-if)# ip address 209.165.200.225 255.255.255.224

Specifies the IP address of the VMI.

Step 5

no ip redirects

Example:


Device(config-if)# no ip redirects

Prevents the device from sending redirects.

Step 6

no ip split-horizon eigrp autonomous-system-number

Example:


Device(config-if)# no ip split-horizon eigrp 101

Disables the EIGRP split horizon.

Step 7

ip dampening-change eigrp autonomous-system-number percentage

Example:


Device(config-if)# ip dampening-change eigrp 1 50

Sets a threshold percentage to minimize or dampen the effect of frequent routing changes for IPv4.

Step 8

Enter one of the following commands:

  • ipv6 address address
  • ipv6 enable

Example:


Device(config-if)# ipv6 address 2001:0DB8::/32

Example:


Device(config-if)# ipv6 enable

Specifies the IPv6 address.

or

Enables IPv6 routing on the interface.

Step 9

ipv6 eigrp autonomous-system-number

Example:


Device(config-if)# ipv6 eigrp 1

Enables EIGRP for IPv6 on the interface.

Step 10

no ipv6 split-horizon eigrp autonomous-system-number

Example:


Device(config-if)# no ipv6 split-horizon eigrp 1

Disables the sending of IPv6 redirect messages on an interface.

Step 11

ipv6 dampening-change eigrp autonomous-system-number percentage

Example:


Device(config-if)# ipv6 dampening-change eigrp 1 30

Sets a threshold percentage to minimize or dampen the effect of frequent routing changes for IPv6.

Step 12

router eigrp autonomous-system-number

Example:


Device(config-if)# router eigrp 1

Configures the EIGRP address family process and enters router configuration mode.

Step 13

network address

Example:


Device(config-router)# network 209.165.200.225

Configures the network address.

Step 14

ipv6 router eigrp autonomous-system-number

Example:


Device(config-router)# ipv6 router eigrp 1

Configures an EIGRP routing process in IPv6.

Step 15

end

Example:


Device(config-router)# end

(Optional) Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Setting the EIGRP Change-based Dampening Interval Using Named-Style Configuration

Perform this optional task to set the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) change-based dampening interval for virtual multipoint interfaces (VMIs) using named-style configuration. Configuring the router eigrp virtual-instance-name command creates an EIGRP configuration referred to as an EIGRP named configuration. An EIGRP named configuration does not create an EIGRP routing instance by itself. EIGRP named configuration is a base configuration that is required to define address-family configurations under it that are used for routing.

You can configure this feature with either an IPv4 or an IPv6 address, or you can use both. If you are using both IPv4 and IPv6, then complete the entire configuration.

This configuration sets the threshold to 50 percent tolerance for routing updates involving VMIs and peers.

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. interface type number
  4. ip address address mask
  5. no ip redirects
  6. Enter one of the following commands:
    • ipv6 address address
    • ipv6 enable
  7. router eigrp virtual-instance-name
  8. address-family ipv4 autonomous-system autonomous-system-number
  9. network address
  10. af-interface type number
  11. dampening-change percentage
  12. exit
  13. exit
  14. address-family ipv6 autonomous-system autonomous-system-number
  15. af-interface type number
  16. dampening-change percentage
  17. end

DETAILED STEPS

  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1

enable

Example:


Device> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal

Example:


Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

interface type number

Example:


Device(config)# interface vmi 1

Enters interface configuration mode and creates a VMI.

Step 4

ip address address mask

Example:


Device(config-if)# ip address 209.165.200.225 255.255.255.224

Specifies the IP address of the VMI.

Step 5

no ip redirects

Example:


Device(config-if)# no ip redirects

Prevents the device from sending redirects.

Step 6

Enter one of the following commands:

  • ipv6 address address
  • ipv6 enable

Example:


Device(config-if)# ipv6 address 2001:0DB8::/32

Example:


Device(config-if)# ipv6 enable

Specifies the IPv6 address.

or

Enables IPv6 routing on the interface.

Step 7

router eigrp virtual-instance-name

Example:


Device(config-if)# router eigrp name

Enables EIGRP for IPv6 on the interface, and enters router configuration mode.

Step 8

address-family ipv4 autonomous-system autonomous-system-number

Example:


Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4 autonomous-system 1

Enters address family configuration mode to configure an EIGRP routing instance.

Step 9

network address

Example:


Device(config-router-af)# network 209.165.200.225

Configures the network address.

Step 10

af-interface type number

Example:


Device(config-router-af)# af-interface vmi 1

Enters address family interface configuration mode.

Step 11

dampening-change percentage

Example:


Device(config-router-af-interface)# dampening-change 50

Sets a threshold percentage to minimize or dampen the effect of frequent routing changes through an interface in an EIGRP address family.

Step 12

exit

Example:


Device(config-router-af-interface)# exit

Exits address-family interface configuration mode.

Step 13

exit

Example:


Device(config-router-af)# exit

Exits address-family configuration mode and enters router configuration mode.

Step 14

address-family ipv6 autonomous-system autonomous-system-number

Example:


Device(config-router)# address-family ipv6 autonomous-system 1

Enters address family configuration mode to configure an EIGRP routing instance for IPv6.

Step 15

af-interface type number

Example:


Device(config-router-af)# af-interface vmi 1

Enters address family interface configuration mode.

Step 16

dampening-change percentage

Example:


Device(config-router-af-interface)# dampening-change 50

Sets a threshold percentage to minimize or dampen the effect of frequent routing changes through an interface.

Step 17

end

Example:


Device(config-router-af-interface)# end

(Optional) Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Setting the EIGRP Interval-based Dampening Interval Using Classic-Style Configuration

Perform this optional task to set an Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) interval-based dampening interval for virtual multipoint interfaces (VMIs) using classic-style configuration. Configuring the router eigrp autonomous-system-number command creates an EIGRP configuration referred to as autonomous system (AS) configuration. An EIGRP AS configuration creates an EIGRP routing instance that can be used for tagging routing information.

This configuration sets the interval to 30 seconds at which updates occur for topology changes that affect VMIs and peers.

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. interface type number
  4. ip address address mask
  5. no ip redirects
  6. no ip split-horizon eigrp autonomous-system-number
  7. ip dampening-interval eigrp autonomous-system-number interval
  8. Enter one of the following commands:
    • ipv6 address address
    • ipv6 enable
  9. ipv6 eigrp autonomous-system-number
  10. no ipv6 split-horizon eigrp autonomous-system-number
  11. ipv6 dampening-interval eigrp autonomous-system-number interval
  12. router eigrp autonomous-system-number
  13. network address
  14. ipv6 router eigrp autonomous-system-number
  15. end

DETAILED STEPS

  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1

enable

Example:


Device> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal

Example:


Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

interface type number

Example:


Device(config)# interface vmi 1

Enters interface configuration mode and creates a VMI.

Step 4

ip address address mask

Example:


Device(config-if)# ip address 209.165.200.225 255.255.255.224

Specifies the IP address of the VMI.

Step 5

no ip redirects

Example:


Device(config-if)# no ip redirect

Prevents the device from sending redirects.

Step 6

no ip split-horizon eigrp autonomous-system-number

Example:


Device(config-if)# no ip split-horizon eigrp 101

Disables the EIGRP split horizon.

Step 7

ip dampening-interval eigrp autonomous-system-number interval

Example:


Device(config-if)# ip dampening-change eigrp 1 30

Sets a threshold time interval to minimize or dampen the effect of frequent routing changes through an interface.

Step 8

Enter one of the following commands:

  • ipv6 address address
  • ipv6 enable

Example:


Device(config-if)# ipv6 address 2001:0DB8::/32

Example:


Device(config-if)# ipv6 enable

Specifies the IPv6 address.

or

Enables IPv6 routing on the interface.

Step 9

ipv6 eigrp autonomous-system-number

Example:


Device(config-if)# ipv6 eigrp 1

Enables EIGRP for IPv6 on the interface.

Step 10

no ipv6 split-horizon eigrp autonomous-system-number

Example:


Device(config-if)# no ipv6 split-horizon eigrp 1

Disables the sending of IPv6 redirect messages on an interface.

Step 11

ipv6 dampening-interval eigrp autonomous-system-number interval

Example:


Device(config-if)# ipv6 dampening-interval eigrp 1 30

Sets a threshold time interval to minimize or dampen the effect of frequent routing changes through an interface.

Step 12

router eigrp autonomous-system-number

Example:


Device(config-if)# router eigrp 1

Configures the EIGRP address family process and enters router configuration mode.

Step 13

network address

Example:


Device(config-router)# network 209.165.200.225

Configures the network address.

Step 14

ipv6 router eigrp autonomous-system-number

Example:


Device(config-router)# ipv6 router eigrp 1

Configures an EIGRP routing process in IPv6.

Step 15

end

Example:


Device(config-router)# end

(Optional) Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Setting the EIGRP Interval-based Dampening Interval Using Named-Style Configuration

Perform this optional task to set an Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) interval-based dampening interval for virtual multipoint interfaces (VMIs) using named-style configuration. Configuring the router eigrp eigrp virtual-instance-name command creates an EIGRP configuration referred to as an EIGRP named configuration. An EIGRP named configuration does not create an EIGRP routing instance by itself. EIGRP named configuration is a base configuration that is required to define address-family configurations under it that are used for routing.

This configuration sets the interval to 30 seconds at which updates occur for topology changes that affect VMIs and peers.

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. interface type number
  4. ip address address mask
  5. no ip redirects
  6. Enter one of the following commands:
    • ipv6 address address
    • ipv6 enable
  7. router eigrp virtual-instance-name
  8. address-family ipv4 autonomous-system autonomous-system-number
  9. network address
  10. af-interface type number
  11. dampening-interval interval
  12. exit
  13. exit
  14. address-family ipv6 autonomous-system autonomous-system-number
  15. af-interface type number
  16. dampening-interval interval
  17. end

DETAILED STEPS

  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1

enable

Example:


Device> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal

Example:


Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

interface type number

Example:


Device(config)# interface vmi 1

Enters interface configuration mode and creates a VMI.

Step 4

ip address address mask

Example:


Device(config-if)# ip address 209.165.200.225 255.255.255.224

Specifies the IP address of the VMI.

Step 5

no ip redirects

Example:


Device(config-if)# no ip redirects

Prevents the device from sending redirects.

Step 6

Enter one of the following commands:

  • ipv6 address address
  • ipv6 enable

Example:


Device(config-if)# ipv6 address 2001:0DB8::/32

Example:


Device(config-if)# ipv6 enable

Specifies the IPv6 address.

or

Enables IPv6 routing on the interface.

Step 7

router eigrp virtual-instance-name

Example:


device(config-if)# router eigrp name

Enables EIGRP for IPv6 on the interface, and enters router configuration mode.

Step 8

address-family ipv4 autonomous-system autonomous-system-number

Example:


device(config-router)# address-family ipv4 autonomous-system 1

Enters address family configuration mode to configure an EIGRP routing instance.

Step 9

network address

Example:


device(config-router-af)# network 209.165.200.225

Configures the network address.

Step 10

af-interface type number

Example:


device(config-router-af)# af-interface vmi 1

Enters address family interface configuration mode.

Step 11

dampening-interval interval

Example:


device(config-router-af-interface)# dampening-interval 30

Sets a threshold time interval to minimize or dampen the effect of frequent routing changes through an interface.

Step 12

exit

Example:


device(config-router-af-interface)# exit

Exits address family interface configuration mode.

Step 13

exit

Example:


device(config-router-af)# exit

Exits address family configuration mode and enters the router configuration mode.

Step 14

address-family ipv6 autonomous-system autonomous-system-number

Example:


device(config-router)# address-family ipv6 autonomous-system 1

Enters address family configuration mode to configure an EIGRP routing instance for IPv6.

Step 15

af-interface type number

Example:


device(config-router-af)# af-interface vmi 1

Enters address family interface configuration mode.

Step 16

dampening-interval interval

Example:


device(config-router-af-interface)# dampening-interval 30

Sets a threshold time interval to minimize or dampen the effect of frequent routing changes through an interface.

Step 17

end

Example:


device(config-router-af-interface)# end

(Optional) Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Configuration Examples for EIGRP Dynamic Metric Calculations

Example: EIGRP Change-based Dampening for VMIs

The following example configures the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) address-family Ethernet interface 0/0 to limit the metric change frequency to no more than one change in a 45-second interval: 


Device(config)# router eigrp virtual-name 
Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4 autonomous-system 5400
Device(config-router-af)# af-interface ethernet 0/0
Device(config-router-af-interface)# dampening-interval 45

Example: EIGRP Interval-based Dampening for VMIs

The following example configures the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) address-family Ethernet interface 0/0 to limit the metric change frequency to no more than one change in a 45-second interval: 


Device(config)# router eigrp virtual-name 
Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4 autonomous-system 5400
Device(config-router-af)# af-interface ethernet 0/0

Additional References

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Cisco IOS IP Routing: EIGRP Command Reference

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IPv6 Configuration Library

Cisco IOS IPv6 Command Reference

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Feature Information for EIGRP Dynamic Metric Calculations

The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.

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Table 5. Feature Information for EIGRP Dynamic Metric Calculations

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

EIGRP Dynamic Metric Calculations

12.4(15)XF

12.4(15)T

15.0(1)M

The EIGRP Dynamic Metric Calculations features enables the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) to use dynamic raw radio-link characteristics (current and maximum bandwidth, latency, and resources) to compute a composite EIGRP metric. A tunable hysteresis mechanism helps to avoid churn in the network as a result of the change in the link characteristics.

In addition to the link characteristics, the L2/L3 API provides an indication when a new adjacency is discovered, or an existing unreachable adjacency is again reachable. When the Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP) receives the adjacency signals, it responds with an immediate Hello out the specified interface to expedite the discovery of the EIGRP peer.

The following commands were introduced or modified: dampening-change , dampening-interval , debug eigrp notifications , debug vmi .