DELL S6000-ON User Manual

3. Return to CONFIGURATION mode.

CONFIG-ROUTE-MAP mode

exit

4. Enter ROUTER BGP mode.

CONFIGURATION mode

router bgp as-number

5. Apply the route map to the neighbor or peer group’s incoming or outgoing routes.

CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP mode

neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} route-map map-name {in | out}

To view the BGP configuration, use the show config command in CONFIGURATION ROUTER BGP 
mode. To view a route map configuration, use the show route-map command in EXEC Privilege mode.

Changing the NEXT_HOP Attribute

You can change how the NEXT_HOP attribute is used.

To change how the NEXT_HOP attribute is used, enter the first command. To view the BGP 

configuration, use the show config command in CONFIGURATION ROUTER BGP mode or the show 
running-config bgp command in EXEC Privilege mode.
You can also use route maps to change this and other BGP attributes. For example, you can include the 
second command in a route map to specify the next hop address.

• Disable next hop processing and configure the router as the next hop for a BGP neighbor.

CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP mode

neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} next-hop-self

• Sets the next hop address.

CONFIG-ROUTE-MAP mode

set next-hop ip-address

Changing the WEIGHT Attribute

To change how the WEIGHT attribute is used, enter the first command. You can also use route maps to 

change this and other BGP attributes. For example, you can include the second command in a route map 

to specify the next hop address.

• Assign a weight to the neighbor connection.

CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP mode

neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} weight weight
– weight: the range is from 0 to 65535.

The default is 0.

• Sets weight for the route.

CONFIG-ROUTE-MAP mode

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Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)