Layer 3 Routing Commands 1239Default ConfigurationBy default BGP does not originate a default route. If a default route isredistributed into BGP, BGP does not advertise the default route unless thedefault-information originate command has been given. The always option isdisabled by default.Command ModeIPv6 Address Family Configuration modeUser GuidelinesOrigination of the default route is not subject to a prefix filter configuredwith the distribute-list out command.Command HistoryIntroduced in version 6.2.0.1 firmware.Exampleconsole(config-router-af)#default-information originatedefault metric (BGP Router Configuration)This command sets the value of the Multi Exit Discriminator (MED)attribute on routes redistributed into BGP when no metric has been specifiedin the redistribute command.Syntaxdefault-metric valueno default-metric• value—The value to as the MED. The range is 1 to 4,294,967,295.Default ConfigurationBy default, no default metric is set and no MED is included in redistributedroutes.
