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Chapter 35 Configuring IP Unicast Routing
Configuring BGP
• Monitoring and Maintaining BGP, page 35-63
For detailed descriptions of BGP configuration, see the “Configuring BGP” chapter in the “IP Routing
Protocols” part of the Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2. For details about specific
commands, see the Cisco IOS IP Command Reference, Volume 2 of 3: Routing Protocols, Release 12.2.
For a list of BGP commands that are visible but not supported by the switch, see Appendix D,
“Unsupported Commands in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(35)SE.”
Default BGP Configuration
Table 35-9 shows the basic default BGP configuration. For the defaults for all characteristics, see the
specific commands in the Cisco IOS IP Command Reference, Volume 2 of 3: Routing Protocols,
Release 12.2.
Table 35-9 Default BGP Configuration
Feature Default Setting
Aggregate address Disabled: None defined.
AS path access list None defined.
Auto summary Enabled.
Best path
• The router considers as-path in choosing a route and does not compare similar
routes from external BGP peers.
• Compare router ID: Disabled.
BGP community list
• Number: None defined. When you permit a value for the community number, the
list defaults to an implicit deny for everything else that has not been permitted.
• Format: Cisco default format (32-bit number).
BGP confederation identifier/peers
• Identifier: None configured.
• Peers: None identified.
BGP Fast external fallover Enabled.
BGP local preference 100. The range is 0 to 4294967295 with the higher value preferred.
BGP network None specified; no backdoor route advertised.
BGP route dampening Disabled by default. When enabled:
• Half-life is 15 minutes.
• Re-use is 750 (10-second increments).
• Suppress is 2000 (10-second increments).
• Max-suppress-time is 4 times half-life; 60 minutes.
BGP router ID The IP address of a loopback interface if one is configured or the highest IP address
configured for a physical interface on the router.
Default information originate
(protocol or network redistribution)
Disabled.
Default metric Built-in, automatic metric translations.