Dell Force10 E600i FTOS Version 8.4.1.5 Configuration Guide for ExaScale - Page 236

www.dell.com | support.dell.com Change LOCAL_PREFERENCE attribute In FTOS, you can change the value of the LOCAL_PREFERENCE attribute. Use the following command in the CONFIGURATION ROUTER BGP mode to change the default values of this attribute for all routes received by the router. Command Syntax bgp default local-preference value Command Mode CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP Purpose Change the LOCAL_PREF value. • value range: 0 to 4294967295 • Default is 100. Use the show config command in CONFIGURATION ROUTER BGP mode or the show running-config bgp command in EXEC Privilege mode to view BGP configuration. A more flexible method for manipulating the LOCAL_PREF attribute value is to use a route map. Use these commands in the following sequence, starting CONFIGURATION mode to change the default value of the LOCAL_PREF attribute for specific routes. Step Command Syntax 1 route-map map-name [permit | deny] [sequence-number] 2 set local-preference value Command Mode CONFIGURATION CONFIG-ROUTE-MAP 3 exit CONFIG-ROUTE-MAP 4 router bgp as-number CONFIGURATION 5 neighbor {ip-address | CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP peer-group-name} route-map map-name {in | out} Purpose Enter the ROUTE-MAP mode and assign a name to a route map. Change LOCAL_PREF value for routes meeting the criteria of this route map. Return to the CONFIGURATION mode. Enter the ROUTER BGP mode. Apply the route map to the neighbor or peer group's incoming or outgoing routes. To view the BGP configuration, use the show config command in the CONFIGURATION ROUTER BGP mode. To view a route map configuration, use the show route-map command in EXEC Privilege mode. 236 | Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)