468 CHAPTER 36: IPV6 BGP CONFIGURATION
Configuration Task 
List
Complete the following tasks to configure IPv6 BGP:
Task Remarks 
“Configuring IPv6 BGP Basic Functions” 
on page 469 
“Configuring an IPv6 Peer” on page 
469 
Required 
“Advertising a Local IPv6 Route” on 
page 469 
Optional 
“Configuring a Preferred Value for 
Routes from a Peer/Peer Group” on 
page 469 
Optional 
“Specifying the Source Interface for 
Establishing TCP Connections” on page 
470 
Optional 
“Allowing the establishment of a 
Non-Direct EBGP connection” on page 
470 
Optional 
“Configuring a Description for a 
Peer/Peer Group” on page 471 
Optional 
“Disabling Session Establishment to a 
Peer/Peer Group” on page 471 
Optional 
“Logging Peer State Changes” on page 
471 
Optional 
“Controlling Route Distribution and 
Reception” on page 471 
“Configuring IPv6 BGP Route 
Redistribution” on page 472 
Optional 
“Advertising a Default Route to a 
Peer/Peer Group” on page 472 
Optional 
“Configuring Route Distribution Policy” 
on page 472 
Optional 
“Configuring Route Reception Policy” 
on page 473 
Optional 
“Configuring IPv6 BGP and IGP Route 
Synchronization” on page 473 
Optional 
“Configuring Route Dampening” on 
page 474 
Optional 
“Configuring IPv6 BGP Route Attributes” 
on page 474 
“Configuring IPv6 BGP Preference and 
Default LOCAL_PREF and NEXT_HOP 
Attributes” on page 474 
Optional 
“Configuring the MED Attribute” on 
page 475 
Optional 
“Configuring the AS_PATH Attribute” 
on page 475 
Optional 
“Tuning and Optimizing IPv6 BGP 
Networks” on page 476 
“Configuring IPv6 BGP Timers” on page 
476 
Optional 
“Configuring IPv6 BGP Soft Reset” on 
page 477 
Optional 
“Configuring the Maximum Number of 
Load-Balanced Routes” on page 478 
Optional 
“Configuring a Large Scale IPv6 BGP 
Network” on page 478 
“Configuring IPv6 BGP Peer Group” on 
page 478 
Optional 
“Configuring IPv6 BGP Community” on 
page 480 
Optional 
“Configuring an IPv6 BGP Route 
Reflector” on page 480 
Optional