address-family
Enable the IPv4 multicast or the IPv6 address family.
S4820T
Syntax address-family [ipv4 {multicast | vrf vrf-name} | ipv6 unicast
[vrf vrf-name]]
Parameters ipv4 multicast Enter the keyword ipv4 followed by the keyword
multicast to enable BGPv4 multicast mode.
ipv4 vrf vrf-
name
Enter the keyword ipv4 followed by the keyword vrf and
then the name of the VRF to enable VRF mode.
NOTE: Use this attribute to start a BGP instance
corresponding to either a specific address family in a
default VRF or an IPv4 address family in a non-default
VRF.
ipv6 unicast Enter the keyword ipv6 followed by the keyword unicast
to enable BGPv6 mode.
vrf vrf-name (Optional) Enter the keyword vrf followed by the name of
the VRF to install the IPv6 route in that VRF.
NOTE: It will not be possible to enable VRF mode for
IPv6 unicast without configuring the corresponding IPv4
unicast mode for the same VRF. While deletion,
whenever the IPv4 VRF mode is deleted for the VRF, it
will automatically delete the IPv6 VRF configurations as
well.
Defaults Not configured.
Command
Modes
ROUTER BGP
Command
History This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.7(0.0) Added support for IPv6 VRF.
9.4.(0.0) Added support for VRF.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
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