bestpath prefix-validation disallow-invalid

This command prevents the use of invalid prefixes for calculating bestpaths. The default behavior is to allow invalid prefixes to be used in bestpath calculation.

Syntax

bestpath prefix-validation disallow-invalid
[no] bestpath prefix-validation disallow-invalid

Modes

BGP address-family IPv4 unicast configuration mode

BGP address-family IPv6 unicast configuration mode

BGP address-family IPv4 unicast VRF configuration mode

BGP address-family IPv6 unicast VRF configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

The [no] form of this command enables the default behavior of allowing all prefixes (including invalid prefixes) to be used for bestpath calculation.

Examples

This example shows the commands to prevent invalid prefixes being used when calculating bestpath. This is irrespective of the prefix validation state received from the RPKI cache server.

SLX(config)#router bgp
SLX(config-bgp-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast
SLX(config-bgp-ipv4u)# bestpath prefix-validation disallow-invalid
SLX(config-bgp-ipv4u)#