Dell Force10 S25N-S50N FTOS Command Line Reference Guide FTOS 8.4.2.7 E-Series - Page 341

Parameters external-distance internal-distance local-distance Enter a number to assign to routes learned from a neighbor external to the AS. Range: 1 to 255. Default: 20 Enter a number to assign to routes learned from a router within the AS. Range: 1 to 255. Default: 200 Enter a number to assign to routes learned from networks listed in the network command. Range: 1 to 255. Default: 200 Defaults external-distance = 20; internal-distance = 200; local-distance = 200. Command Modes ROUTER BGP Caution: Dell Force10 recommends that you do not change the administrative distance of internal routes. Changing the administrative distances may cause routing table inconsistencies. Usage Information 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. Command History Version 7.8.1.0 Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced support on S-Series Introduced support on C-Series maximum-paths c e s Configure the maximum number of parallel routes (multipath support) BGP supports. Syntax maximum-paths {ebgp | ibgp} number To return to the default values, enter no maximum-paths. Parameters ebgp ibgp number Enter the keyword ebgp to enable multipath support for External BGP routes. Enter the keyword ibgp to enable multipath support for Internal BGP routes. Enter a number as the maximum number of parallel paths. Range: 1 to 16 Default: 1 Defaults 1 Command Modes ROUTER BGP Usage If you enable this command, use the clear ip bgp ipv4 unicast soft * command to recompute the best Information path. Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4) | 341