Deployment Guide

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Parameters
Defaults
Disabled
Command Modes
CONFIGURATION-ROUTER-BGP-ADDRESS FAMILY
Usage
Information
By default, when a neighbor/peer group configuration is created in the Router BGP context, it is
enabled for the IPv4/Unicast AFI/SAFI. By using activate in the new context, the neighbor/peer
group is enabled for AFI/SAFI.
It is not possible to de-activate a peer from the IPv4 unicast address family.
Command
History
neighbor add-path
c
This command allows the specified neighbor/peer group to send/receive multiple path advertisements.
Syntax
neighbor [ip-address | peer-group-name] add-path [send | receive | both] path-count
Parameters
Defaults
None
Command Modes
CONFIGURATION-ROUTER-BGP-ADDRESS FAMILY
Command
History
Related
Commands
ip-address
(OPTIONAL) Enter the IP address of the neighbor in dotted decimal format.
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.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced support on S-Series
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced support on C-Series
ip-address
(OPTIONAL) Enter the IP address of the neighbor in dotted decimal format.
peer-group-name
(OPTIONAL) Enter the name of the peer group
send
Enter the keyword send to indicate that the system sends multiple paths to
peers.
receive Enter the keyword receive to indicate that the system accepts multiple
paths from peers.
both Enter the keyword both to indicate that the system sends and accepts
multiple paths from peers.
path-count
Enter the number paths supported. The range is from 2 to 64.
Version 8.4.7.0 Introduced support on the C-Series.
bgp add-path allows the advertisement of multiple paths for the same address prefix without
the new paths implicitly replacing any previous ones.