Enterasys Networks XSR CLI set weight

BGP Set Commands
XSR CLI Reference Guide 6-121
Mode
Route‐mapconfiguration:Router(config-route-map)#
Default
Thedefaultvalueforthiscommandisthedefaultvaluefortheorigincode.Thedefaultvaluefor
theorigincodeisincompleteforroutesthatareadvertisedintoBGPbymeansoftheredistribute
command.
Example
Thefollowingexampleconfiguresthesetoriginvalueforredistributedstaticroutes:
XSR(config)#route-map 1 permit 1
XSR(config-route-map)#set origin igp
XSR(config-route-map)#exit
XSR(config)#router bgp 100
XSR(config-router)#redistribute static route-map 1
set weight
ThiscommandspecifiestheweightvalueformatchingBGProutingtableentries.Besurethata
matchclausehasbeenspecified.
Weightisusedforbestpathselectionandisassignedlocallytotherouter.Itisnotpropagatedor
carriedthroughanyrouteupdates.Routeswithahigherweightarepreferredwhenmultiple
routesexisttothesamedestination.
Syntax
set weight weight
Syntax of the “no” Form
Thenoformofthiscommandremovestheweightvalue:
no set weight weight
Mode
Route‐mapconfiguration:Router(config-route-map)#
Defaults
•RoutesadvertisedintoBGPviaredistributionorthenetworkcommand:32768
•RoutesadvertisedbyaBGPneighbor:0
weight WeightislocaltotheXSRonwhichitisconfigured,anditisnotpropagatedinBGP
routingupdatemessages.But,itisthefirstvalueconsideredintheBGProute
selectionprocess.Routeswiththehigherweightarepreferedoveralternateroutes
tothesamedestinationsbutwithalowerweight.Range:0to65535.