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NOTE: You can use this command in Interface Configuration mode, Subinterface
Configuration mode, or Profile Configuration mode.

Indirect Next-Hop Support

The router uses indirect next hops to promote faster network convergence (for
example, in BGP networks) by decreasing the number of routing table changes
required when a change in the network topology occurs.
Direct next-hops point routes in the routing table toward individual, direct next-hop
connections. (See Figure 6 on page 13.)

Figure 6: Direct Next Hops

Indirect next hops enable multiple routes in the routing table to point to a single next
hop, thereby accelerating convergence. (See Figure 7 on page 13.)
NOTE: Indirect next hops are not limited to any number of levels. In other words,
an indirect next hop can point to a direct next hop or another indirect next hop.

Figure 7: Indirect Next Hops

Use the no version to remove an IP address. If you remove a primary IP address,
IP processing is disabled on the interface.
See ip address
Chapter 1: Configuring IP
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