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authorDonald Sharp <sharpd@nvidia.com>2024-04-25 14:17:46 -0400
committerDonald Sharp <sharpd@nvidia.com>2024-04-25 14:17:46 -0400
commit62143963065d9841dae014aa8d565704f9670054 (patch)
tree9b126f0469d55773d4d82a1c778d27dba277beda /doc
parenta6040ba1f5adf7135bb75e8797d59b15a1c7f974 (diff)
bgpd: Explain Better admin w/ redistribution a bit better.
Signed-off-by: Donald Sharp <sharpd@nvidia.com>
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@@ -1334,7 +1334,14 @@ OSPFv3 into ``address-family ipv4 unicast`` as OSPFv3 supports IPv6.
.. clicmd:: redistribute <babel|connected|eigrp|isis|kernel|openfabric|ospf|ospf6|rip|ripng|sharp|static> [metric (0-4294967295)] [route-map WORD]
-Redistribute routes from other protocols into BGP.
+ Redistribute routes from other protocols into BGP.
+
+ Note - When redistributing a static route, or any better Admin Distance route,
+ into BGP for which the same path is learned dynamically from another BGP
+ speaker, if the redistribute path is more preferred from a BGP Best Path
+ standpoint than the dynamically learned path, then BGP will not export
+ the best path to Zebra(RIB) for installation into the routing table,
+ unless BGP receives the path before the static route is created.
.. clicmd:: redistribute <table|table-direct> (1-65535)] [metric (0-4294967295)] [route-map WORD]