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]
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.
Release Information
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 8.1.