Cisco Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(14)S

To configure a router that is running OSPF to advertise a maximum metric during startup, use the 
following commands beginning in global configuration mode:

To configure a router that is running OSPF to advertise a maximum metric until BGP routing tables 
converge, use the following commands beginning in global configuration mode:

To configure a router that is running OSPF to advertise a maximum metric for a graceful shutdown or 
removal from the network, use the following commands beginning in global configuration mode:

Router(config)# router ospf process-id

Places the router in router configuration mode and 
enables an OSPF routing process.

Router(config-router)# max-metric router-lsa 

Configures OSPF to advertise a maximum metric 
during startup for a configured period of time. The 
announce-time argument is a configurable timer 
that must follow the on-startup keyword to be 
configured. There is no default timer value. The 
configurable time range is from 5 to 
86,400 seconds.

Router(config)# router ospf process-id

Places the router in router configuration mode and 
enables an OSPF routing process.

Router(config-router)# max-metric router-lsa 

Configures OSPF to advertise a maximum metric 
until BGP routing tables have converged or until 
the default timer has expired. The wait-for-bgp 
keyword must follow the on-startup keyword to be 
configured. The default timer value is 600 seconds.

Router(config)# router ospf process-id

Places the router in router configuration mode and 
enables an OSPF routing process.

Router(config-router)# max-metric router-lsa

Configures OSPF to advertise a maximum metric 
until the router is shut down. 

Router(config-router)# exit

Exits router configuration mode.