Chapter8
BGP4+Configuration
TableofContents
BGP4+Overview...............................................................53
BGP4+BasicConguration.................................................54
ConguringBGP4+MaintenanceandDiagnosis.....................61
BGP4+CongurationExample.............................................62
BGP4+Overview
BGPmulti-protocolextension,namelyBGP4+,isspeciedtoen-
ableBGP4tosupportsuchmultiplenetworklayerprotocolsasIPv6
andIPX.
TomakeBGP4protocolsupportmultiplenetworklayerprotocols
forrouting,thefollowingfunctionsmustbeaddedtoit.
�InformationnewlyaddedtoBGP4mustmakeaspecicnet-
worklayerprotocolassociatedwiththenexthopinformation,
thatis,theaddressofthenexthopshallbeindicatedbyades-
ignatednetworklayerprotocoladdress.
�BGP4protocolshallbeabletoassociateaspecicprotocolwith
theNetworkLayerReachableInformation(NLRI),andemploy
addressfamilytodistinguishvariousnetworklayerprotocols.
ThisisamechanismfortransmissionoftheIPv6routinginfor-
mationbyutilizingtheattributesofMP_REACH_NLRIandMP_UN-
REACH_NLRIBGPdenedbyBGP4+.Similartothecommondis-
tancevectorroutingprotocols,BGP4protocolisusuallyindepen-
dentofthespecicaddressfamilyusedbytheprotocol.
IPv6protocolisakindofBGP4-supportedprotocol.Thefunda-
mentaldifferencebetweenprotocolsofIPv6andIPv4routingin-
formationisthatIPv6introducesarea-basedunicastaddresses
anddenesthespecicsituationswherespecicaddressranges
mustbeapplied.
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