3Com S7902E, Configuration Manual

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To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter BGP view bgp as-number
—
Enter IPv4 MBGP address
family view
ipv4-family multicast
—
Configure the maximum
number of MBGP routes for
load balancing
balance number
Required
Not configured by default.
Configuring a Large Scale MBGP Network
Prerequisites
Before configuring this task, you need to make peering nodes accessible to each other at the network
layer.
Configuring IPv4 MBGP Peer Groups
In a large-scale network, configuration and maintenance become difficult due to large numbers of
MBGP peers. You can configure peer groups to make management easier and improve route
distribution efficiency.
Follow these steps to configure an IPv4 MBGP peer group:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view
—
Enter BGP view bgp as-number
—
Create a BGP peer group
group group-name [ external |
internal ]
Required
Not created by default.
Add a peer into the peer group
peer ip-address group
group-name [ as-number
as-number ]
Required
No peer is added by default.
Enter IPv4 MBGP address
family view
ipv4-family multicast
—
Enable the IPv4 unicast peer
group
peer group-name enable Required
Add an IPv4 MBGP peer to the
peer group peer ip-address group
group-name
Required
Not configured by default.