The isis silent command configures an IS-IS interface as a silent interface. That is, the interface is suppressed from sending and receiving IS-IS packets, but the routes to the network segment of the interface can be advertised.
The undo isis silent command restores the default configuration.
By default, no IS-IS interface is configured as a silent interface.
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Usage Scenario
When an IS-IS network is connected to other ASs, IS-IS must be enabled on the interfaces that connect the IS-IS network to other ASs so that the devices on the IS-IS network can learn the routes to other ASs. The interfaces, however, unnecessarily advertise IS-IS Hello packets on their network segments. In this situation, you can run the isis silent command to suppress the interfaces.
Prerequisites
IS-IS has been enabled using the isis enable command in the interface view.