Command Reference Guide

324 | Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)
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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.
Command
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max-paths
c e s z
Configure the maximum number of parallel routes (multipath support) BGP supports.
Syntax
max-paths {ebgp | ibgp} number
To return to the default values, enter no max-paths.
Parameters
Defaults
none
Command Modes
ROUTER BGP
Usage
Information
If you enable this command, use the clear ip bgp * command to recompute the best path.
For optimal configuration, set the
number variable to the highest possible value. Dell Force10
recommends maintaining the default setting or the next highest value.
Command
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neighbor activate
c e s
This command allows the specified neighbor/peer group to be enabled for the current AFI/
SAFI (Address Family Identifier/Subsequent Address Family Identifier).
Syntax
neighbor [ip-address | peer-group-name] activate
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced support on S-Series
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced support on C-Series
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.
S4810, Z9000 Range: 1 to 64
ExaScale Range: 1 to 16
Default: 1
Version 8.3.8.0 Command syntax changed to max-paths (was maximum-paths).
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced support on S-Series
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced support on C-Series