Users Guide

Command History

This guide is platform-specic. 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 condence 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 specied neighbor/peer group for the current address and subsequent address family identier (AFI/SAFI).

Syntax

neighbor [ipv6-address | peer-group-name] activate

To disable, use the no neighbor [ipv6-address | peer-group-name] activate command.

Parameters

ipv6-address Enter the IPv6 address in the x:x:x:x::x format.

NOTE: The :: notation species successive hexadecimal elds of zeros.

peer-group-name Identify a peer group by name.

activate Enter the keyword activate to enable the identied neighbor or peer group in

the new AFI/SAFI.

Defaults Disabled.

Command Modes ROUTER BGPV6-ADDRESS FAMILY