Limiting the Number of Hops in LSPs

By default, each LSP can traverse a maximum of 255 hops, including the ingress and egress routers. To modify this value, include the hop-limit statement:

For a list of hierarchy levels at which you can include this statement, see the statement summary section for this statement.

The number of hops can be from 2 through 255. (A path with two hops consists of the ingress and egress routers only.)