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Configuring the MED attribute ··························································································································· 226
Configuring the NEXT_HOP attribute ················································································································ 231
Configuring the AS_PATH attribute ··················································································································· 232
Configuring the SoO attribute ···························································································································· 238
Tuning and optimizing BGP networks ························································································································ 239
Configuring the keepalive interval and hold time ···························································································· 240
Configuring the interval for sending updates for the same route ··································································· 241
Enabling BGP to establish an EBGP session over multiple hops ···································································· 242
Enabling immediate reestablishment of direct EBGP connections upon link failure····································· 243
Enabling 4-byte AS number suppression ·········································································································· 243
Enabling MD5 authentication for BGP peers ··································································································· 244
Configuring BGP load balancing ······················································································································ 245
Configuring IPsec for IPv6 BGP ························································································································· 246
Disabling BGP to establish a session to a peer or peer group ······································································ 247
Configuring GTSM for BGP ······························································································································· 247
Configuring BGP soft-reset·································································································································· 248
Protecting an EBGP peer when memory usage reaches level 2 threshold ···················································· 252
Configuring a large-scale BGP network ···················································································································· 253
Configuring BGP community ······························································································································ 253
Configuring BGP route reflection ······················································································································· 255
Configuring a BGP confederation ····················································································································· 257
Configuring BGP GR ··················································································································································· 258
Enabling SNMP notifications for BGP························································································································ 259
Enabling logging of session state changes ··············································································································· 260
Configuring BFD for BGP ············································································································································ 260
Configuring BGP FRR ··················································································································································· 261
Configuring 6PE ··························································································································································· 264
Configuring basic 6PE ········································································································································ 265
Configuring optional 6PE capabilities ·············································································································· 265
Displaying and maintaining BGP ······························································································································· 267
Resetting BGP sessions ········································································································································ 270
Clearing BGP information ·································································································································· 270
IPv4 BGP configuration examples ······························································································································ 271
Basic BGP configuration example ····················································································································· 271
BGP and IGP route redistribution configuration example ··············································································· 275
BGP route summarization configuration example ··························································································· 278
BGP load balancing configuration example ···································································································· 281
BGP community configuration example ············································································································ 284
BGP route reflector configuration example······································································································· 287
BGP confederation configuration example ······································································································· 289
BGP path selection configuration example······································································································· 294
BFD for BGP configuration example ················································································································· 298
BGP FRR configuration example ························································································································ 301
IPv6 BGP configuration examples ······························································································································ 305
IPv6 BGP basic configuration example ············································································································· 305
IPv6 BGP route reflector configuration example ······························································································ 308
6PE configuration example ································································································································ 310
BFD for IPv6 BGP configuration example ········································································································· 313
IPv6 BGP FRR configuration example················································································································ 317
IPsec for IPv6 BGP packets configuration example ························································································· 320
Troubleshooting BGP ··················································································································································· 325
Symptom ······························································································································································· 325
Analysis ································································································································································ 325
Solution ································································································································································· 325