Users Guide

Defaults
● external-distance = 20
● internal-distance = 200
● local-distance = 200
Command Modes ROUTER BGPV6-ADDRESS FAMILY
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
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 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
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 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
Configure the maximum number of parallel routes (multipath support) BGP supports.
Syntax
maximum-paths {ebgp | ibgp} number
To return to the default values, use the no maximum-paths command.
Parameters
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. The range is from 1 to 16.
The default is 1.
Defaults 1
Command Modes ROUTER BGPV6-ADDRESS FAMILY
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. 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 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series TeraScale.
Usage
Information
If you enable this command, use the capture bgp-pdu max-buffer-size command to recompute
the best path.
864 IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP)