Users Guide
neighbor weight
Assign a weight to the neighbor connection, which is used to determine the best path.
Syntax
neighbor {ipv6-address | peer-group-name} weight weight
To remove a weight value, use the no neighbor {ipv6-address | peer-group-name} weight
weight command.
Parameters
ipv6-address Enter the IPv6 address in the x:x:x:x::x format.
NOTE: The :: notation species successive hexadecimal elds of zeros.
peer-group-name Enter the name of the peer group to set the timers for all routers within the peer
group.
weight Enter a number as the weight. The range is from 0 to 65535. The default is 0.
Defaults 0
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
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 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series TeraScale.
Usage Information In the system best path selection process, the path with the highest weight value is preferred.
NOTE: To apply the weight to the connection and recompute the best path, reset the neighbor
connection (the capture bgp-pdu max-buffer-size * command).
neighbor X:X:X::X password
Enable TCP MD5 Authentication for an IPv6 BGP peer session.
Syntax
neighbor x:x:x::x password {7 <encrypt-pass> | <clear-pass}
To return to the default setting, use the no neighbor x:x:x::x password command.
Parameters
encrypt-pass Enter the encrypted password.
IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP)
959