Reference Guide

872 | 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.
neighbor activate
c e
This command allows the specified neighbor/peer group to be enabled for the current
AFI/SAFI.
Syntax
neighbor [ipv6-address | peer-group-name] activate
To disable, use the no neighbor [ipv6-address | peer-group-name] activate command.
Parameters
Defaults
Disabled
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
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on S4820T
Version 8.4.2.1 Introduced on C-Series and S4810
Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced on E-Series TeraScale
Caution: Dell Force10 recommends that you do not change the administrative distance
of internal routes. Changing the administrative distances may cause routing table
inconsistencies.
ipv6-address
(OPTIONAL) Enter the IPv6 address in the x:x:x:x::x format.
The
:: notation specifies successive hexadecimal fields of zeros.
peer-group-name
(OPTIONAL) Enter the name of the peer group
activate Enter the keyword activate to enable the neighbor/peer group in the
new AFI/SAFI.