Administrator Guide
Usage Information By default, when you create a neighbor/peer group conguration in the Router BGP context, this enables IPv4/
Unicast AFI/SAFI. When you use activate in the new context, the neighbor/peer group enables for AFI/SAFI.
It is not possible to de-activate a peer from the IPv4 unicast address family.
neighbor add-path
This command allows the specied neighbor/peer group to send/receive multiple path advertisements.
Syntax
neighbor [ip-address | peer-group-name] add-path [send | receive | both] path-
count
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.
send Enter the keyword send to indicate that the system sends multiple paths to peers.
receive Enter the keyword receive to indicate that the system accepts multiple paths from
peers.
both Enter the keyword both to indicate that the system sends and accepts multiple paths
from peers.
path-count Enter the number paths supported. The range is from 2 to 64.
Defaults none
Command Modes CONFIGURATION-ROUTER-BGP-ADDRESS FAMILY
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. 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.
8.3.8.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Related Commands
• bgp add-path — allow the advertisement of multiple paths for the same address prex without the new paths
implicitly replacing any previous ones.
384 Border Gateway Protocol