Dell Force10 S4820T FTOS Command Reference Guide - Page 799

Defaults Command Modes Command History Usage Information To disable MED comparison on BGP confederation paths, enter no bgp bestpath med confed. Disabled. ROUTER BGP Version 8.3.19.0 Version 8.4.2.1 Version 8.2.1.0 Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced on S4820T. Introduced on C-Series and S4810. Introduced on E-Series ExaScale Introduced on E-Series TeraScale The software compares the MEDs only if the path contains no external autonomous system numbers. If you enable this command, use the capture bgp-pdu max-buffer-size * command to recompute the best path. bgp bestpath med missing-as-best c e During path selection, indicate preference to paths with missing MED (MULTI_EXIT_DISC) over those paths with an advertised MED attribute. Syntax Defaults Command Modes Command History Usage Information bgp bestpath med missing-as-best To return to the default selection, use the no bgp bestpath med missing-as-best command. Disabled ROUTER BGP Version 8.3.19.0 Version 8.4.2.1 Version 8.2.1.0 Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced on S4820T Introduced on C-Series and S4810 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale Introduced on E-Series TeraScale The MED is a 4-byte unsigned integer value and the default behavior is to assume a missing MED as 4294967295. This command causes a missing MED to be treated as 0. During the path selection, paths with a lower MED are preferred over those with a higher MED. IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP) | 799