@misc{rfc8500, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 8500, howpublished = {RFC 8500}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC8500}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8500}, author = {Naiming Shen and Shane Amante and Mikael Abrahamsson}, title = {{IS-IS Routing with Reverse Metric}}, pagetotal = 15, year = 2019, month = feb, abstract = {This document describes a mechanism to allow IS-IS routing to quickly and accurately shift traffic away from either a point-to-point or multi-access LAN interface during network maintenance or other operational events. This is accomplished by signaling adjacent IS-IS neighbors with a higher reverse metric, i.e., the metric towards the signaling IS-IS router.}, }