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○ metric-type: external or internal.
○ route-map map-name: Specify the name of a configured route map to be consulted before adding the OSPF route.
DellEMC# configure terminal
DellEMC(conf)# ip route 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 null 0
DellEMC(conf)# router bgp 400
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp_af)# redistribute static
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp_af)# exit
The above configuration example show how to create a static route and redistribute the static routes into the BGP routing
table.
Enabling Additional Paths
The additional path allows the advertisement of more paths in addition to the best path. Enabling additional path allows the
advertisement of multiple paths for the same address prefix without the new paths replacing any previous paths. The additional
path feature is disabled by default.
NOTE: Dell EMC Networking OS recommends not to use multipath and add path simultaneously in a route reflector.
To allow multiple paths sent to peers, use the following commands.
1. Allow the advertisement of multiple paths (send, receive or both).
CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP or CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP-AF mode
bgp add-path [both | enable | receive | send] path-count
Configure the following parameters:
● both: Indicate that the system sends and accepts multiple paths from peers.
● enable: Indicate that the system enables add-path support for the node.
● send: Indicate that the system sends multiple paths to peers.
● receive: Indicate that the system accepts multiple paths from peers.
● path-count: Indicate that the system sends multiple paths to peers. The range is from 2 to 64.
2. Allow the specified neighbor or peer group to allow multiple path advertisements.
CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP or CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP-AF mode
neighbor [ip-address | ipv6–address | peer-group-name] add-path [send | receive | both]
path-count
NOTE:
The path-count parameter controls the number of paths that are advertised, not the number of paths that
are received.
DellEMC# configure terminal
DellEMC(conf)# router bgp 400
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp)# neighbor 10.10.10.1 remote-as 500
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp)# bgp add-path both 2
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp)# address-family ipv4 multicast
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp_af)# neighbor 10.10.10.1 activate
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp_af)# neighbor 10.10.10.1 add-path both 3
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp_af)# exit
The above configuration example shows how to enable BGP additional paths to be sent and received with a maximum of
two additional paths to the peers. You can configure the neighbor to send and receive additional paths using the neighbor
add-pathcommand at the address family configuration level.
Configuring IP Community Lists
Within Dell EMC Networking OS, you have multiple methods of manipulating routing attributes.
One attribute you can manipulate is the COMMUNITY attribute. This attribute is an optional attribute that is defined for a group
of destinations. In Dell EMC Networking OS, you can assign a COMMUNITY attribute to BGP routers by using an IP community
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Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)