Troubleshooting guide

Table 5. Additional BGP Configuration Options

(config-bgp)#dist

ance bgp <external>

Specifies the administrative distance for BGP routes learned

via eBGP (external), iBGP (internal), the network command

and redistributed routes (local). By default, external is set to

20, internal to 200, and local to 200.

(config-bgp)#bg

p fast-external-failover Enables the fast-external-failover feature.

(config-bgp)#ho

ld-timer <value> Specifies a default hold time for all neighbors in this BGP

process. This is the time interval (in seconds) within which a

keepalive must be received from a peer before it is declared

a dead peer.Range is 0 to 65535 seconds.

(config-bgp)#bg

p log-neighbor-changes Turns on the logging of BGP neighbor state changes. State

change messages will appear on the screen when

connected to the console.

(config-bgp)#maxim

um-paths <value> Specifies the maximum number of equal cost parallel routes

(shared paths) BGP can export to the route table. Range is

1 to 6.

(config-bgp)#bg

p [always-compare-med |

compare-med | deterministic-med |

ignore-med]

Instructs AOS on how to handle

MEDs for all routes from

the same AS.

Configuration Command Summary

Command Description