Dell Force10 Z9000, Reference Manual

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Command Modes ROUTER BGP (conf-router_bgp_af)
Command History
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced IPv6 MGBP on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
CAUTION: Dell Force10 recommends that you do not change the administrative distance of
internal routes. Changing the administrative distances may cause routing table
inconsistencies.
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.
max-paths
Configure the maximum number of parallel routes (multipath support) BGP supports.
C-Series, E-Series, S-Series, Z-Series, S4810
Syntax max-paths {ebgp | ibgp} number
To return to the default values, enter the
no maximum-paths
command.
Parameters
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. The S4810
range is 2 to 64.
Defaults none
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command History
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.8.0 Support 2 to 64 paths on the S4810. Command syntax changed to
max-path
(was maximum-paths).
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Usage
Information If you enable this command, use the
clear ip bgp *
command to recompute the best
path.
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