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max-areas

Syntax

max-areas number;

Hierarchy Level

[edit logical-systems logical-system-name protocols isis],[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols isis][edit protocols isis],[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols isis]

Release Information

Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 8.1.

Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.

Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 12.1 for the QFX Series.

Description

Modify the maximum number of IS-IS areas advertised.

This value is included in the Maximum Address Area field of the IS-IS common PDU header included in all outgoing PDUs.

The maximum number of areas you can advertise is restricted to 36 to ensure that the IIH PDUs have enough space to include other type, length, and value (TLV) fields, such as the Authentication and IPv4 and IPv6 Interface Address TLVs.

Options

number—Maximum number of areas to include in the IS-IS hello (IIH) PDUs and link-state PDUs.

Range: 3 through 36

Default: 3

Required Privilege Level

routing—To view this statement in the configuration.

routing-control—To add this statement to the configuration.

Published: 2014-07-23