Dell Force10 TeraScale C Series, Reference Manual

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400 | Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)
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distance bgp
c e
t
s
Define an administrative distance for routes.
Syntax distance bgp external-distance internal-distance local-distance
To return to default values, enter
no distance bgp
.
Parameters
Defaults external-distance = 20; internal-distance = 200; local-distance = 200.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP (conf-router_bgp_af)
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.
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neighbor activate
c e
t
s
This command allows the specified neighbor/peer group to be enabled for the current AFI/SAFI.
Syntax neighbor [ ip-address | peer-group-name ] activate
To disable, use the no neighbor [ ip-address | peer-group-name ] activate command.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced support on S-Series
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced support on C-Series
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced IPv6 MGBP support for E-Series
external-distance
Enter a number to assign to routes learned from a neighbor external to the AS.
Range: 1 to 255.
Default: 20
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
Caution:
Dell Force10 recommends that you do not change the administrative distance of
internal routes. Changing the administrative distances may cause routing table
inconsistencies.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced support on S-Series
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced support on C-Series
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced IPv6 MGBP support for E-Series