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Task
Remarks
Configuring MBGP
route attributes
Configuring MBGP route preferences
Optional
Configuring the default local preference
Configuring the NEXT_HOP attribute
Configuring the AS_PATH attribute
Tuning and
optimizing MBGP
networks
Optional
Enabling the MBGP ORF capability
Optional
Configuring the maximum number of MBGP ECMP routes
Optional
Configuring a large
scale MBGP
network
Configuring IPv4 MBGP peer groups
Optional
Optional
Configuring an MBGP route reflector
Optional
Configuring basic MBGP functions
Refer to the following information for details about configuring basic MBGP functions.
Configuration prerequisites
Before you configure MBGP, make sure neighboring nodes can access each other at the network
layer.
Configuration procedure
To configure basic MBGP functions:
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enter BGP view.
bgp
as-number
N/A
3.
Specify a peer or peer group
and its AS number.
peer
{
group-name
|
ip-address
}
as-number
as-number
Not specified by default.
4.
Enter IPv4 MBGP address
family view.
ipv4-family multicast
N/A
5.
Enable a peer or peer group
created in IPv4 unicast view.
peer
{
group-name
|
ip-address
}
enable
Not enabled by default.
6.
Specify a preferred value for
routes from an IPv4 MBGP
peer or peer group.
peer
{
group-name
|
ip-address
}
preferred-value
value
Optional.
The default preferred value is 0.
Controlling route advertisement and reception
Refer to the following information for details about controlling route advertisement and reception.