Which statement describes the BGP evaluation criteria of path attributes during the calculation of the best path for a route?
- Prefer the lowest weight attribute.
- Prefer an internal path over an external path.
- Prefer the lowest multi-exit discriminator attribute.
- Prefer the path with the highest neighbor IP address.
Explanation: Cisco routers review BGP attributes in the following ranked order when deciding which path is the best-path:
- Prefer the highest weight.
- Prefer the highest local preference.
- Prefer the route originated by the local router.
- Prefer the path with the shorter Accumulated Interior Gateway Protocol (AIGP) metric attribute.
- Prefer the shortest AS_Path.
- Prefer the lowest origin code.
- Prefer the lowest multi-exit discriminator (MED).
- Prefer an external path over an internal path.
- Prefer the path through the closest IGP neighbor.
- Prefer the oldest route for EBGP paths.
- Prefer the path with the lowest neighbor BGP RID.
- Prefer the path with the lowest neighbor IP address.
Exam with this question: Chapter 14: Quiz - Troubleshooting BGP CCNPv8 ENARSI
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