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Configure a BGP confederation
After you split an AS into multiple sub ASs, you can configure a router in a sub AS as follows:
1.
Enable BGP and specify the AS number of the router.
2.
Specify the confederation ID. From an outsider’s perspective, the sub ASs of the confederation is
a single AS, which is identified by the confederation ID.
3.
If the router must establish eBGP connections to other sub ASs, you must specify the peering sub
ASs in the confederation.
A confederation contains a maximum of 32 sub ASs. The AS number of a sub AS is effective only in the
confederation.
Follow these steps to configure a BGP confederation:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter BGP view
bgp
as-number
—
Configure a confederation ID
confederation id
as-number
Required
Not configured by
default.
Specify peering sub ASs in the confederation
confederation peer-as
as-number-list
Required
Not configured by
default.
Configure confederation compatibility
If some other routers in the confederation do not comply with RFC 3065, enable confederation
compatibility to allow the router to work with those routers.
Follow these steps to configure confederation compatibility:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter BGP view
bgp
as-number
—
Enable compatibility with routers not compliant
with RFC 3065 in the confederation
confederation nonstandard
Optional
Not enabled by default
Configuring BGP GR
Perform the following configuration on the GR Restarter and GR Helper, respectively.
NOTE:
A device can act as a GR Restarter and GR Helper at the same time.
Follow these steps to configure BGP GR:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—