Technical Documentation

Supported Platforms
M Series
T Series

Related Topics
Configuring an Independent Preference for Static Routes

qualified-next-hop

Syntax

qualified-next-hop (address | interface-name) {interface interface-name;metric metric;preference preference;}

Hierarchy Level

[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name routing-options static route destination-prefix],[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-options rib inet6.0 static route destination-prefix],[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-options static route destination-prefix],[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name routing-options static route destination-prefix],[edit routing-options rib inet6.0 static route destination-prefix],[edit routing-options static route destination-prefix]

Release Information

Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.

Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.

Description

Configure an independent metric or preference on a static route.

Options

address—IPv4, IPv6, or ISO network address of the next hop.

interface-name—Name of the interface on which to configure an independent metric or preference for a static route. To configure an unnumbered Ethernet interface as the next-hop interface for a static route, specify qualified-next-hop interface-name, where interface-name is the name of the IPv4 or IPv6 unnumbered Ethernet interface.

metric—Metric value.

Range: 0 through 4,294,967,295 (2³² – 1)

preference—Preference value. A lower number indicates a more preferred route.

Range: 0 through 4,294,967,295 (2³² – 1)

Default: 5

Required Privilege Level

routing—To view this statement in the configuration.

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