Table Of Contents

Loadsharing IP Packets over More Than Six Parallel Paths

Finding Feature Information

Contents

Overview of Loadsharing IP Packets over More Than Six Parallel Paths

Additional References

Related Documents

MIBs

RFCs

Technical Assistance

Feature Information for Loadsharing IP Packets over More Than Six Parallel Paths

Loadsharing IP Packets over More Than Six Parallel Paths

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First Published: 2005

Last Updated: May 4, 2009

This document describes the Loadsharing IP Packets over More Than Six Parallel Paths feature, which increases the maximum number of parallel routes that can be installed to the routing table for multipath loadsharing.

Finding Feature Information

For the latest feature information and caveats, see the release notes for your platform and software release. To find information about the features documented in this module, and to see a list of the releases in which each feature is supported, see the "Feature Information for Loadsharing IP Packets over More Than Six Parallel Paths" section.

Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco IOS XE software image support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

Contents

•Overview of Loadsharing IP Packets over More Than Six Parallel Paths

•Additional References

•Feature Information for Loadsharing IP Packets over More Than Six Parallel Paths

Overview of Loadsharing IP Packets over More Than Six Parallel Paths

The Loadsharing IP Packets over More Than Six Parallel Paths feature increases the maximum number of parallel routes that can be installed to the routing table. The maximum number has been increased from six to sixteen for the following commands:

•maximum-paths

•maximum-paths eibgp

•maximum-paths ibgp

The output of the show ip route summary command has been updated to display the number of parallel routes supported by the routing table.

The benefits of this feature include the following:

•More flexible configuration of parallel routes in the routing table.

•Ability to configure multipath loadsharing over more links to allow for the configuration of higher-bandwidth aggregation using lower-speed links.

Additional References

For additional information related to multipath loadsharing and the configuration of parallel routes, see the following references:

Related Documents

Related Topic	Document Title
BGP commands: complete command syntax, command mode, command history, defaults, usage guidelines, and examples	Cisco IOS IP Routing Protocols Command Reference
eiBGP Multipath Load Sharing	"BGP Multipath Load Sharing for Both eBGP and iBGP in an MPLS-VPN" module
iBGP Multipath Load Sharing	"iBGP Multipath Load Sharing" module
Cisco IOS master command list, all  releases	Cisco IOS Master Command List, All Releases

MIBs

MIB	MIBs Link
No new or modified MIBs are supported by this feature, and support for existing MIBs has not been modified by this feature.	To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS XE software releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/go/mibs

RFCs

RFC	Title
No new or modified RFCs are supported by this feature, and support for existing RFCs has not been modified by this feature.	—

Technical Assistance

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Feature Information for Loadsharing IP Packets over More Than Six Parallel Paths

Table 1 lists the release history for this feature.

Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and software image support. Cisco Feature Navigator enables you to determine which Cisco IOS XE software images support a specific software release, feature set, or platform. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

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Note Table 1 lists only the Cisco IOS XE software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given Cisco IOS XE software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that Cisco IOS XE software release train also support that feature.

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Table 1 Feature Information for Loadsharing IP Packets over More Than Six Parallel Paths 

Feature Name	Releases	Feature Information
Loadsharing IP Packets over More Than Six Parallel Paths	Cisco IOS XE Release 2.1	This feature was introduced on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers. The following commands were modified by this feature: maximum-paths, maximum-paths eibgp, maximum-paths ibgp, show ip route summary

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