Starting BGP
Configuring BGP
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OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Advanced Routing Configuration Guide
March 2011
Starting BGP
Before BGP is operational on your router you must load it to running memory and then administratively
enable the protocol using the
ip load bgp
and
ip bgp admin-state
commands. Follow these steps to start
BGP.
1
Configure the router's unique router-id and primary address. Assign the BGP local speaker's router-id
and primary IP address that uniquely identifies the router in the routing domain. If these values have not
been manually configured, they default to the user-defined Loopback0 interface address, if present, or to
the address assigned to the first operational IP interface.
-> ip router router-id 1.1.1.1
-> ip router primary-address 1.1.1.1
2
Install advanced routing image file in the active boot directory.
3
Load the BGP image into running memory by issuing the following command:
-> ip load bgp
4
Administratively enable BGP by issuing the following command:
-> ip bgp admin-state enable
Disabling BGP
You can administratively disable BGP by issuing the following command:
-> ip bgp admin-state disable
Many BGP global commands require that you disable the protocol before changing parameters. The
following functions and commands require that you first disable BGP before issuing them:
Parameters Requiring that BGP first be disabled
Function
Command
Router’s AS number
ip bgp autonomous-system
Confederation identifier
ip bgp confederation identifier
Default local preference
ip bgp default local-preference
IGP synchronization
ip bgp synchronization
AS Path Comparison
ip bgp bestpath as-path ignore
MED comparison
ip bgp always-compare-med
Substitute missing MED value
ip bgp bestpath med missing-as-
worst
Equal-cost multi-path comparison
ip bgp maximum-paths
Route reflection
ip bgp client-to-client reflection
Cluster ID in route reflector group
ip bgp cluster-id
Fast External Fail Over
ip bgp fast-external-failover