Administrator Guide

Version Description
7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
7.6.1.0 Introduced IPv6 MGBP on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
CAUTION: Dell Networking 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.
maximum-paths
Configure the maximum number of parallel routes (multipath support) BGP supports.
C9000 Series
Syntax
maximum-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 range is from 2 to
64.
Defaults none
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
9.8(0.0) Introduced on the S3048–ON and S4048–ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.8.0 Support from 2 to 64 paths on the S4810. Command syntax changed to max-
path (was maximum-paths).
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
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.
360 Border Gateway Protocol