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Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS Unicast Routing Command Reference
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Chapter Unicast Routing Commands
ip ospf cost
ip ospf cost
To specify the cost of sending a packet on an interface, use the
ip ospf cost
command. To reset the path
cost to the default, use the
no
form of this command.
ip ospf cost
interface-cost
no ip ospf cost
interface-cost
Syntax Description
Command Default
Calculates the cost based on the reference bandwidth divided by the configured interface bandwidth. You
can configure the reference bandwidth or it defaults to 40 Gb/s.
Command Modes
Interface configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines
This command overrides any settings for the reference bandwidth that you set using the
reference-bandwidth
command in router configuration mode.
If this command is not used, the link cost is calculated using the following formula:
link cost = reference bandwidth / interface bandwidth
This command requires the LAN Base Services license.
Examples
This example shows how to configure the interface cost value to 65:
switch#
configure terminal
switch(config)#
interface ethernet 1/2
switch(config-if)#
no switchport
switch(config-if)#
ip ospf cost 65
switch(config-if)#
Related Commands
interface-cost
Unsigned integer value expressed as the link-state metric. The range
is from 1 to 65535.
Release
Modification
5.0(3)A1(1)
This command was introduced.
Command
Description
reference-bandwidth
Specifies the reference bandwidth that OSPF uses to calculate the link cost.