Command Reference Guide

Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4) | 385
distance bgp
c e
t
s
Define an administrative distance for routes.
Syntax
distance bgp external-distance internal-distance local-distance
To return to default values, enter no distance bgp.
Parameters
Defaults
external-distance
= 20; internal-distance = 200; local-distance = 200
Command Modes
ROUTER BGP (conf-router_bgp_af)
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
History
neighbor activate
c e
t
s
This command allows the specified neighbor/peer group to be enabled for the current AFI/
SAFI.
Syntax
neighbor [ip-address | peer-group-name] activate
To disable, use the no neighbor [ip-address | peer-group-name] activate command.
external-distance
Enter a number to assign to routes learned from a neighbor external to the
AS.
Range: 1 to 255
Default: 20
internal-distance
Enter a number to assign to routes learned from a router within the AS.
Range: 1 to 255
Default: 200
local-distance
Enter a number to assign to routes learned from networks listed in the
network command.
Range: 1 to 255
Default: 200
Caution: Dell Force10 recommends that you do not change the administrative distance of
internal routes. Changing the administrative distances may cause routing table
inconsistencies.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced support on S-Series
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced support on C-Series
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced IPv6 MGBP support for E-Series