Cisco Cisco Packet Data Interworking Function (PDIF)
BGP Address-Family (IPv4/IPv6) Configuration Mode Commands
▀ maximum-paths
▄ Command Line Interface Reference, StarOS Release 18
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maximum-paths
Controls the maximum number of parallel external BGP (eBGP) or internal BGP (iBGP) routes that can be installed in a
routing table.
routing table.
Product
All
Privilege
Security Administrator, Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration > Context Configuration > BGP Configuration > BGP Address-Family Configuration
configure > context context_name > router bgp as_number > address-family
address_family_type
address_family_type
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[context_name]host_name(config-bgp-af-v6)#
Syntax
[ no ] maximum-paths { ebgp num_paths | ibgp num_paths }
no maximum-paths { ebgp | ibgp }
no
Disables maximum paths for the specified route type command.
maximum-paths ebgp
num_paths
Specifies the maximum number of parallel External Border Gateway Protocol routes as an integer from 1
through 10.
through 10.
maximum-paths ibgp
num_paths
Specifies the maximum number of parallel Internal Border Gateway Protocol routes as an integer from 1
through 10.
through 10.
Important:
If configured under the router-bgp-mode, multipath is enabled only for the prefixes learnt in the
default-vrf. There is no support for vpnv4 prefixes even though multipath is turned on for the default-vrf. If configured
under the address-family-vrf-mode, multipath is enabled only for prefixes learnt in the vrf.
under the address-family-vrf-mode, multipath is enabled only for prefixes learnt in the vrf.
Usage
Use this command to forward packets over multiple paths. User can control the maximum number of parallel
eBGP routes that can be installed in a routing table. Enabling multipath does not affect the best path selection
in BGP. If multipath is enabled, all the paths with the same weight, local-preference, as-path length, origin,
and multi-exit discriminator (MED) as the best path are added to the routing table.
eBGP routes that can be installed in a routing table. Enabling multipath does not affect the best path selection
in BGP. If multipath is enabled, all the paths with the same weight, local-preference, as-path length, origin,
and multi-exit discriminator (MED) as the best path are added to the routing table.
Example
The following command disables forward of packets over multiple paths: