Configuring The Med Attribute - HP HPE FlexNetwork 7500 series Configuration Manual

Step
2. Enter BGP IPv6 unicast
address family view,
BGP-VPN IPv6 unicast
address family view, or BGP
IPv6 multicast address family
view.
3. Configure the default local
preference.

Configuring the MED attribute

BGP uses MED to determine the optimal route for traffic going into an AS. When a BGP router
obtains multiple routes with the same destination but with different next hops, it considers the route
with the smallest MED value as the optimal route if other conditions are the same.
Configuring the default MED value
To configure the default MED value (IPv4 unicast/multicast address family):
Step
1. Enter system view.
Command
•
Enter BGP IPv6 unicast
address family view:
a. bgp as-number
[ instance
instance-name ]
b. address-family ipv6
[ unicast ]
•
Enter BGP-VPN IPv6 unicast
address family view:
c. bgp as-number
[ instance
instance-name ]
d. ip vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
e. address-family ipv6
[ unicast ]
•
Enter BGP IPv6 multicast
address family view:
f. bgp as-number
[ instance
instance-name ]
g. address-family ipv6
multicast
default local-preference value
Command
system-view
256
Remarks
N/A
The default local preference is
100.
Remarks
N/A