Administrator Guide

Parameters
ebgp Enter the keyword ebgp to enable multipath support for
External BGP routes.
ibgp Enter the keyword ibgp to enable multipath support for
Internal BGP routes.
number Enter a number as the maximum number of parallel paths.
Defaults none
Command
Modes
ROUTER BGP
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Version
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.8.0 Support from 2 to 64 paths on the S4810. Command syntax
changed to max-path (was maximum-paths).
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Usage
Information
If you enable this command, use the clear ip bgp * command to recompute
the best path.
neighbor activate
This command allows the specified neighbor/peer group to be enabled for the current AFI/SAFI (Address
Family Identifier/Subsequent Address Family Identifier).
Z-Series
Syntax
neighbor [ip-address | peer-group-name] activate
To disable, use the no neighbor [ip-address | peer-group-name]
activate
command.
Parameters
ip-address (OPTIONAL) Enter the IP address of the neighbor in dotted
decimal format.
peer-group-
name
(OPTIONAL) Enter the name of the peer group.
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