Reference Guide

230 | Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)
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Enable additional paths
By default, the add-path feature is disabled. Use the following command in the CONFIGURATION
ROUTER BGP mode to allow multiple paths sent to peers.
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
redistribute {connected | static}
[route-map map-name]
ROUTER BGP or
CONF-ROUTER_BGPv6_AF
Include, directly connected or user-configured
(static) routes in BGP. Configure the
following parameters:
• map-name: name of a configured route
map.
redistribute isis [level-1 | level-1-2
|
level-2] [metric value]
[
route-map map-name]
ROUTER BGP or
CONF-ROUTER_BGPv6_AF
Include specific ISIS routes in BGP.
Configure the following parameters:
• level-1, level-1-2, or level-2: Assign all
redistributed routes to a level. Default is
level-2.
• metric range: 0 to 16777215. Default is 0.
• map-name: name of a configured route
map.
redistribute ospf process-id
[match external {1 | 2} | match
internal] [metric-type {external |
internal}] [route-map map-name]
ROUTER BGP or
CONF-ROUTER_BGPv6_AF
Include specific OSPF routes in IS-IS.
Configure the following parameters:
• process-id range: 1 to 65535
• match external range: 1 or 2
• match internal
• metric-type: external or internal.
• map-name: name of a configured route
map.
Step Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
1
bgp add-path {[send |
both]
path-count number |
receive}
CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP Allow the advertisement of multiple paths for the
same address prefix without the new paths
replacing any previous ones.
Range: 2-64
2
neighbor [ip-address |
peer-group-name] add-path
{[send | both] path-count
number | receive}
CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP Allow the specified neighbor/peer group to send/
receive multiple path advertisements.
3
maximum-path number
CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP Configure the maximum number of parallel
routes (multipath support) BGP supports.