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IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP)
IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP) is supported on Dell Networking platforms.
This chapter includes the following sections:
● IPv6 BGP Commands
● IPv6 MBGP Commands
Topics:
• IPv6 BGP Commands
• IPv6 MBGP Commands
IPv6 BGP Commands
BGP is an external gateway protocol that transmits interdomain routing information within and between autonomous systems
(AS). BGP version 4 (BGPv4) supports classless interdomain routing and the aggregation of routes and AS paths. Basically, two
routers (called neighbors or peers) exchange information including full routing tables and periodically send messages to update
those routing tables.
The following commands allow you to configure and enable BGP.
address family
This command changes the context to subsequent address family identifier (SAFI).
Syntax
address family ipv6 unicast
To remove SAFI context, use the no address family ipv6 unicast command.
Parameters
ipv6 Enter the keyword ipv6 to specify the address family as IPv6.
unicast Enter the keyword unicast to specify multicast as SAFI.
Defaults IPv6 Unicast
Command Modes ROUTER BGPV6-ADDRESS FAMILY
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
After this command is executed, all subsequent commands apply to this address family. You can exit from
this AFI/SAFI to the IPv6 Unicast (the default) family by entering the exit command and returning to
the Router BGP context.
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