Command Line Reference Guide

IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP) | 727
Usage
Information
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
c e s
Configure the maximum number of parallel routes (multipath support) BGP supports.
Syntax
maximum-paths {ebgp | ibgp} number
To return to the default values, enter no maximum-paths.
Parameters
Defaults
1
Command Modes
ROUTER BGPV6-ADDRESS FAMILY
Command
History
Usage
Information
If you enable this command, use the capture bgp-pdu max-buffer-size command to recompute the best
path.
neighbor activate
c e s
This command allows the specified neighbor/peer group to be enabled for the current AFI/SAFI.
Syntax
neighbor {ipv6-address | peer-group-name} activate
To disable, use the no neighbor {ipv6-address | peer-group-name} activate command.
Parameters
Caution: Dell Force10 recommends that you do not change the administrative distance of internal
routes. Changing the administrative distances may cause routing table inconsistencies.
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.
Range: 1 to 16
Default: 1
Version 8.4.2.1 Introduced on C-Series and S-Series.
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale
Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced on E-Series TeraScale
ipv6-address Enter the IPv6 address in the x:x:x:x::x format.
The
:: notation specifies successive hexadecimal fields of zeros.
peer-group-name
Identify a peer group by name.