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Configure IS-IS

Learn how to configure the IS-IS protocol on your MX204, MX301, MX304, MX10004, or MX10008 router.

To configure IS-IS, you must enable IS-IS on the interfaces and configure a NET address on one of the device interfaces (preferably, the lo0 interface) by setting family iso address net-address on the interface.

To enable IS-IS routing, you must:

  • Configure a NET address (also known as the system ID or the NSAP address) on one of the device interfaces (preferably, the lo0 interface) by including the family iso address net-address statement on the interface.

  • Configure the ISO family on all interfaces that are supporting the IS-IS protocol by including the family iso statement on the interface.

  • Advertise the device interfaces into IS-IS by inlcuding the interface interface-name statement in the protocol configuration.

  • (On security devices only) Enable the forwarding of IS-IS traffic by including the family mode packet-based statement in the security forwarding options configuration.

To configure IS-IS on a Juniper MX router (Junos OS), perform the following steps:

  1. Define the NET (Network Entity Title) to uniquely identify the router:

  2. Enable the ISO protocol family on all interfaces participating in IS-IS:

  3. Activate IS-IS on the interfaces. By default, it runs as Level 1-2:

  4. We recommend that you configure IS-IS to enable wide-metric only:

  5. Check adjacency and interface status:

For more information on configuring the IS-IS Routing protocol in Junos OS, see the IS-IS User Guide.