Configure IP Route Preferences

Change IP route preferences to force the routing protocols to prefer a route over another. Configure IP route preferences to override default route preferences and give preference to routes learned for a specific protocol.

Before you begin

  • Disable ECMP before you configure route preferences.

  • To perform this procedure on a non-default VRF, you must first change the VRF instance. For information about how to use EDM for a non-default VRF, see Select and Launch a VRF Context View. All parameters might not be available in non-default VRFs.

About this task

Important

Important

Changing route preferences is a process-oriented operation that can affect system performance and network reachability while you perform the procedures. Therefore, if you want to change default preferences for routing protocols, do so before you enable the protocols.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation tree, expand Configuration > IP.
  2. Select IP.
  3. Select the RoutePref tab.
  4. For ConfiguredValue, change the preference for the given protocol.
  5. Select Apply.

RoutePref field descriptions

Use the data in the following table to use the RoutePref tab.

Name

Description

DefaultValue

Specifies the default preference value for the specified protocol.

Protocol

Specifies the protocol name.

ConfiguredValue

Configures the preference value for the specified protocol.