Administrator Guide

bgp bestpath med missing-as-best

During path selection, indicate preference to paths with missing MED (MULTI_EXIT_DISC) over paths with an advertised MED attribute.

Syntax

bgp bestpath med missing-as-best

To return to the default selection, use the no bgp bestpath med missing-as-best command.

Defaults Disabled

Command Modes ROUTER BGP

Command History

This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking

OS Command Line Reference Guide.

Version Description

9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.

9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.

9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.

9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.

9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.

9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.

8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.

8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.

8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.

7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.

7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.

6.3.1.0 Introduced

Usage Information The MED is a 4-byte unsigned integer value and the default behavior is to assume a missing MED as 4294967295.

This command causes a missing MED to be treated as 0. During path selection, paths with a lower MED are

preferred over paths with a higher MED.

bgp bestpath router-id ignore

Do not compare router-id information for external paths during best path selection.