mpls te path-metric-type

Use mpls te path-metric-type to specify the link metric type for path selection of a tunnel.

Use undo mpls te path-metric-type to restore the default.

Syntax

mpls te path-metric-type { igp | te }

undo mpls te path-metric-type

Default

No link metric type is specified for path selection of a tunnel.

Views

Tunnel interface view

Predefined user roles

network-admin

Parameters

igp: Uses the IGP metric.

te: Uses the TE metric.

Usage guidelines

Each MPLS TE link has two metrics: IGP metric and TE metric. By using the two metrics, you can select different tunnels for different classes of traffic. For example, use the IGP metric to represent a link delay (a smaller IGP metric value indicates a lower link delay). Use the TE metric to represent a link bandwidth value (a smaller TE metric value indicates a bigger link bandwidth value).

You can establish two MPLS TE tunnels: Tunnel1 for voice traffic and Tunnel2 for video traffic. Configure Tunnel1 to use IGP metrics for path selection, and configure Tunnel2 to use TE metrics for path selection. As a result, the video traffic travels through the path that has larger bandwidth and the voice service travels through the path that has lower delay.

If you specify a metric type for a tunnel by using this command, the tunnel uses the specified metric type for path selection. If you do not specify a metric type, the tunnel uses the metric type specified by the path-metric-type command in MPLS TE view for path selection.

Examples

# Configure Tunnel 0 to use the IGP metric for path selection.

<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] interface tunnel 0 mode mpls-te
[Sysname-Tunnel0] mpls te path-metric-type igp

Related commands

display mpls te tunnel-interface

mpls te metric

path-metric-type