Command Line Interface
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summary-address
This command aggregates routes learned from other protocols. Use the no form to
remove a summary address.
Syntax
[no] summary-address summary-address netmask
• summary-address - Summary address covering a range of addresses.
• netmask - Network mask for the summary route.
Command Mode
Router Configuration
Default Setting
Disabled
Command Usage
• An Autonomous System Boundary Router (ASBR) can redistribute routes
learned from other protocols by advertising an aggregate route into all
attached autonomous systems.
• This router supports up 16 Type-5 summary routes.
Example
This example creates a summary address for all routes contained in 192.168.x.x.
Related Commands
area range (4-268)
redistribute
This command imports external routing information from other routing domains (i.e.,
protocols) into the autonomous system. Use the no form to disable this feature.
Syntax
[no] redistribute [rip | static] [metric metric-value] [metric-type type-value]
• rip - External routes will be imported from the Routing Information Protocol
into this Autonomous System.
• static - Static routes will be imported into this Autonomous System.
• metric-value - Metric assigned to all external routes for the specified
protocol. (Range: 1-65535: Default: 10)
• type-value
• 1 - Type 1 external route
• 2 - Type 2 external route (default) - Routers do not add internal route
metric to external route metric.
Command Mode
Router Configuration
Console(config-router)#summary-address 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0
Console(config-router)#