480 CHAPTER 36: IPV6 BGP CONFIGURATION
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When creating a mixed EBGP peer group, you need to create a peer and specify its
AS number that can be different from AS numbers of other peers, but you cannot
specify AS number for the EBGP peer group.
Configuring IPv6 BGP
Community
Advertise community attribute to a peer/peer group
Follow these steps to advertise community attribute to a peer/peer group:
Apply a routing policy to routes advertised to a peer/peer group
Follow these steps to apply a routing policy to routes advertised to a peer/peer
group:
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When configuring IPv6 BGP community, you need to configure a routing policy to
define the community attribute, and apply the routing policy to route
advertisement.
Configuring an IPv6 BGP
Route Reflector
Follow these steps to configure an IPv6 BGP route reflector:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view -
Enter BGP view bgp as-number Required
Not enabled by default
Enter IPv6 address family
view
ipv6-family -
Advertise community
attribute to a peer/peer
group
peer { ipv6-group-name |
ipv6-address }
advertise-community
Required
Not advertised by default
Advertise extended
community attribute to a
peer/peer group
peer { ipv6-group-name |
ipv6-address }
advertise-ext-community
Required
Not advertised by default
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view -
Enter BGP view bgp as-number Required
Enter IPv6 address family view ipv6-family -
Apply a routing policy to
routes advertised to a
peer/peer group
peer { ipv6-group-name |
ipv6-address } route-policy
route-policy-name export
Required
Not applied by default
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view -
Enter BGP view bgp as-number Required
Enter IPv6 address family view ipv6-family -
Configure the router as a
route reflector and specify a
peer/peer group as a client
peer { ipv6-group-name |
ipv6-address } reflect-client
Required
Not configured by default
Enable route reflection
between clients
reflect between-clients Optional
Enabled by default