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Enabling MED comparison for routes from confederation peers
This task enables BGP to compare the MEDs of routes received from confederation peers. However, if a
route received from a confederation peer has an AS number that does not belong to the confederation,
BGP does not compare the route with other routes. For example, a confederation has three AS numbers
65006, 65007, and 65009. BGP receives three routes from different confederation peers. The AS_PATH
attributes of these routes are 65006 65009, 65007 65009, and 65008 65009, and the MED values of
them are 2, 3, and 1. Because the third route's AS_PATH attribute contains AS number 65008 that does
not belong to the confederation, BGP does not compare it with other routes. As a result, the first route
becomes the optimal route.
To enable MED comparison for routes from confederation peers (IPv4 unicast/multicast address family):
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enter BGP IPv4 unicast
address family view,
BGP-VPN IPv4 unicast
address family view, or
BGP IPv4 multicast
address family view.
•
Enter BGP IPv4 unicast address family
view:
a.
bgp
as-number
b.
address-family ipv4
[
unicast
]
•
Enter BGP-VPN IPv4 unicast address
family view:
a.
bgp
as-number
b.
ip vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
c.
address-family ipv4
[
unicast
]
•
Enter BGP IPv4 multicast address family
view:
a.
bgp
as-number
b.
address-family ipv4 multicast
N/A
3.
Enable MED
comparison for routes
from confederation
peers.
bestroute med-confederation
By default, this feature is
disabled.
To enable MED comparison for routes from confederation peers (IPv6 unicast/multicast address family):
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enter BGP IPv6 unicast
address family view or
BGP IPv6 multicast
address family view.
•
Enter BGP IPv6 unicast address
family view:
a.
bgp
as-number
b.
address-family ipv6
[
unicast
]
•
Enter BGP IPv6 multicast address
family view:
a.
bgp
as-number
b.
address-family ipv6 multicast
N/A
3.
Enable MED comparison
for routes from
confederation peers.
bestroute med-confederation
By default, this feature is disabled.