Users Guide
distance bgp
Dene an administrative distance for routes.
Syntax
distance bgp external-distance internal-distance local-distance
To return to default values, use the no distance bgp command.
Parameters
external-distance Enter a number to assign to routes learned from a neighbor external to the AS. The
range is from 1 to 255. The default is 20.
internal-distance Enter a number to assign to routes learned from a router within the AS. The range
is from 1 to 255. The default is 200.
local-distance Enter a number to assign to routes learned from networks listed in the network
command. The range is from 1 to 255. The default is 200.
Defaults
• external-distance = 20
• internal-distance = 200
• local-distance = 200
Command Modes ROUTER BGPV6-ADDRESS FAMILY
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.4.2.1 Introduced on the C-Series and S4810.
Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series TeraScale.
Usage Information
CAUTION: Dell Force10 recommends that you do not change the administrative distance of
internal routes. Changing the administrative distances may cause routing table inconsistencies.
The higher the administrative distance assigned to a route means that your condence 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.
neighbor activate
Allows you to enable a specied neighbor/peer group for the current address and subsequent address family identier (AFI/SAFI).
Syntax
neighbor [ipv6-address | peer-group-name] activate
IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP)
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