Operation Manual – IPv6 Routing
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 5 IPv6 BGP Configuration
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Chapter 5 IPv6 BGP Configuration
Note:
This chapter describes only configuration for IPv6 BGP. For other related information,
refer to the part discussing IPv4 routing.
When configuring IPv6 BGP, go to these sections for information you are interested in:
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IPv6 BGP
Overview
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Configuration Task List
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Configuring IPv6 BGP Basic Functions
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Controlling Route Distribution and Reception
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Configuring IPv6 BGP Route Attributes
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Tuning and Optimizing IPv6 BGP Networks
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Configuring a Large Scale IPv6 BGP Network
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Displaying and Maintaining IPv6 BGP Configuration
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IPv6 BGP Configuration Examples
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Troubleshooting IPv6 BGP Configuration
5.1 IPv6 BGP Overview
BGP-4 manages only IPv4 routing information, thus other network layer protocols such
as IPv6 are not supported.
To support multiple network layer protocols, IETF extended BGP-4 by introducing IPv6
BGP that is defined in RFC 2858 (multiprotocol extensions for BGP-4).
To implement IPv6 support, IPv6 BGP puts IPv6 network layer information into the
attributes of network layer reachable information (NLRI) and NEXT_HOP.
NLRI attribute of IPv6 BGP involves:
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MP_REACH_NLRI: Multiprotocol Reachable NLRI, for advertisement of next hop
information of reachable routes.
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MP_UNREACH_NLRI: Multiprotocol Unreachable NLRI, for withdrawal of
unreachable routes.
The NEXT_HOP attribute of IPv6 BGP is identified by an IPv6 unicast address or IPv6
local link address.
IPv6 BGP utilizes BGP multiprotocol extensions for application in IPv6 networks. The
original messaging and routing mechanisms of BGP are not changed.