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 BGP (conf-router_bgp_af)
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 Description
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
7.6.1.0 Introduced IPv6 MGBP on the E-Series.
Usage Information
CAUTION: Dell Networking 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.
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