Reference Guide

824 | IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP)
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Defaults
external-distance
= 20; internal-distance = 200; local-distance = 200.
Command Modes
ROUTER BGPV6-ADDRESS FAMILY
Command
History
Usage
Information
The higher the administrative distance assigned to a route means that your confidence
in that route is low. Routes assigned an administrative distance of 255 are not
installed in the routing table.
Routes from confederations are treated as internal BGP routes.
maximum-paths
c e
Configure the maximum number of parallel routes (multipath support) BGP supports.
Syntax
maximum-paths {ebgp | ibgp} number
To return to the default values, enter no maximum-paths.
Parameters
Defaults
1
Command Modes
ROUTER BGPV6-ADDRESS FAMILY
internal-distance
Enter a number to assign to routes learned from a router within the AS.
Range: 1 to 255.
Default: 200
local-distance
Enter a number to assign to routes learned from networks listed in the
network command.
Range: 1 to 255.
Default: 200
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Caution: Dell Force10 recommends that you do not change the administrative distance of internal
routes. Changing the administrative distances may cause routing table inconsistencies.
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.
Range: 1 to 16
Default: 1