
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Advanced Routing Configuration Guide
March 2011
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3 Configuring BGP
The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is an exterior routing protocol that guarantees the loop-free exchange
of routing information between autonomous systems. The Alcatel-Lucent implementation supports BGP
version 4
and the RFCs specified below.
This chapter describes the configuration and use of BGP in IPv4 and IPv6 environments using the
Command Line Interface (CLI). The Alcatel-Lucent implementation of BGP-4 and Multiprotocol
Extensions to BGP-4 is based on several RFCs listed below. CLI commands are used in the configuration
examples in this chapter. For more details about the syntax of these commands, see the
OmniSwitch CLI
Reference Guide
.
Note
. In this document, the BGP terms “peer” and “neighbor” are used interchangeably.
Note.
This implementation of BGP allows you to configure and manage BGP in IPv4 and IPv6 environ-
ments via CLI, WebView and SNMP interfaces.
In This Chapter
The topics and configuration procedures in this chapter include:
•
Setting up global BGP parameters, such as a router’s Autonomous System (AS) number and default
local preference. See
“Setting Global BGP Parameters” on page 3-20
.
•
Configuring a BGP peer and setting various parameters on that peer, such as timers, soft reconfigura-
tion, and policies. See
“Configuring a BGP Peer” on page 3-26
.
•
Configuring route dampening parameters for the router. See
“Controlling Route Flapping Through
Route Dampening” on page 3-36
.
•
Configuring route reflection using single and multiple route reflectors. See
“Setting Up Route Reflec-
tion” on page 3-40
.
•
Configuring aggregate routes as well as values for aggregates, such as community strings and local
preference. See
“Configuring Aggregate Routes” on page 3-32
.
•
Configuring BGP local networks. See
“Configuring Local Routes (Networks)” on page 3-33
.
•
Configuring confederations. See
“Creating a Confederation” on page 3-44
.
•
Using policies to control BGP routing. See
“Routing Policies” on page 3-45
.
•
Configuring redistribution using route maps. See
“Configuring Redistribution” on page 3-53
.
•
Enabling IPv6 BGP Unicast. See
“Enabling/Disabling IPv6 BGP Unicast” on page 3-68
.