289
3.
Configure Router C as the route reflector.
[RouterC] bgp 200
[RouterC-bgp] address-family ipv4 unicast
[RouterC-bgp-ipv4] peer 193.1.1.2 reflect-client
[RouterC-bgp-ipv4] peer 194.1.1.2 reflect-client
[RouterC-bgp-ipv4] quit
[RouterC-bgp] quit
Verifying the configuration
# Display the BGP routing table on Router B.
[RouterB] display bgp routing-table ipv4
Total number of routes: 1
BGP local router ID is 2.2.2.2
Status codes: * - valid, > - best, d - dampened, h - history,
s - suppressed, S - stale, i - internal, e - external
Origin: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
Network NextHop MED LocPrf PrefVal Path/Ogn
* >e 20.0.0.0 192.1.1.1 0 0 100i
# Display the BGP routing table on Router D.
[RouterD] display bgp routing-table ipv4
Total number of routes: 1
BGP local router ID is 4.4.4.4
Status codes: * - valid, > - best, d - dampened, h - history,
s - suppressed, S - stale, i - internal, e - external
Origin: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
Network NextHop MED LocPrf PrefVal Path/Ogn
i 20.0.0.0 193.1.1.2 0 100 0 100i
The output shows that Router D has learned the route 20.0.0.0/8 from Router C.
BGP confederation configuration example
Network requirements
As shown in
Figure 68
, to reduce IBGP connections, AS 200 is split into three sub-ASs: AS65001,
AS65002, and AS65003. Routers in AS65001 are fully meshed.