Reference Guide

distance bgp
Define an administrative distance for routes.
Z-Series
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-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the
relevant FTOS Command Line Reference Guide .
The following is a list of the FTOS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Version 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 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.
max-paths
Configure the maximum number of parallel routes (multipath support) BGP supports.
Z-Series
Syntax
max-paths {ebgp | ibgp} number
To return to the default values, enter the no maximum-paths command.
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