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advertise-external

Syntax



advertise-external {
<conditional>;
}

Hierarchy Level



[edit protocols bgp group group-name],
[edit protocols bgp group group-name neighbor address],
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name bgp group group-name],
[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name bgp group group-name],
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name bgp group group-name],
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name bgp group group-name neighbor neighbor-address],
[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name bgp group group-name neighbor neighbor-address],
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name group group-name neighbor address]

Release Information

Statement introduced in JUNOS Release 9.3.

Description

Have BGP advertise the best external route into an internal BGP mesh group, a route reflector cluster, or an AS confederation even if the best route is an internal route.

Options

conditonal—Advertise the best external path only if the route selection process reaches the point where the multiple exit discriminator (MED) metric is evaluated. As a result, an external path with an AS path worse than that of the active path is not advertised.

Usage Guidelines

See Configuring BGP to Advertise the Best External Route to Internal Peers.

Required Privilege Level

routing—To view this statement in the configuration.

routing-control—To add this statement to the configuration.