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HUAWEI NetEngine80E/40E Router
Configuration Guide - IP Routing
Table 8-28 Methods to modify the MED value
Method
Run the default med command.
Configure an import or export policy and run
the apply cost command to configure an
apply clause for the policy.
Configure an export policy and run the apply
cost-type internal command to configure an
apply clause for the export policy.
The major points about MED attributes that require consideration are as follows:
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If routes are received from different ASs, traffic will be sent to different ASs. In addition,
BGP selects the optimal route only from the routes destined for the same address. Therefore,
BGP only compares the MEDs of routes that are from the same AS (excluding confederation
sub-ASs). MEDs of two routes are compared only if the leftmost AS number in the
AS_Sequence (excluding AS_Confed_Sequence) of one route is the same as its counterpart
in the other route.
If the compare-different-as-med command is run, BGP compares MEDs of routes even
when the routes are received from peers in different ASs. Do not run this command unless
the ASs use the same IGP and route selection mode. Otherwise, a routing loop may occur.
If a route does not carry MED, BGP uses the default value (0) as the MED of the route
during route selection. If the bestroute med-none-as-maximum command is run, BGP
considers the largest MED value (4294967295) to be the MED of the route.
After the bestroute med-confederation command is configured, BGP compares the MEDs
of routes only when the AS_Path attributes of the routes carry no external AS numbers
(ASs that do not belong to the confederation) and the leftmost AS numbers in each
AS_Confed_Sequence are the same.
After the deterministic-med command is configured, routes will not be selected in the
same sequence they are received.
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This method sets a default MED for all the
routes that the local device advertises to its
BGP peers. The default med command takes
effect only with the routes imported locally
using the import-route command and BGP
summarized routes.
This method sets different MED values for
different routes advertised by the local device
to its EBGP peers.
This method enables a device to set MED
values for the BGP routes that are learned
from IBGP peers and to be advertised to
EBGP peers and match the export policy to
the costs of the IGP routes to which the BGP
routes are iterated.
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