Chapter8
BGP4+Conguration
TableofContents
BGP4+Overview........................................................................................................8-1
ConguringBGP4+....................................................................................................
8-1
BGP4+CongurationInstances.................................................................................8-3
8.1BGP4+Overview
TheBorderGatewayProtocol(BGP)isaroutingprotocolappliedbetweenASsto
exchangenetworkreachabilityinformationbetweentheASs.Theinformationcoversa
listofASsthataroutepassesthrough.Itissufcientforestablishingadiagramindicating
theconnectionstatusoftheASs.ThismakespossibleAS-basedroutingpoliciesandat
thesametimesolvestherouteloopissue.
BGP4+isanextensionofBGP .ItassumesthebasicmessageformatofBGP4asdened
inRFCbuthasaddedwiththeextendedattributestotransmitIPv6routinginformation,and
processesallIPv6routesaccordingtoRFC.BGP4+alsosupportstheextendedfunctions
suchasBGProutereectionandBGPallianceasdenedinRFC.Ithasthefollowing
features:
lSupportingrouteaggregation
lEmployingTCPasthebottom-layerprotocolandusingTCPport179toguaranteea
reliableoperation
lTransmittingrouteupdatesonly
lPeriodicallysendingthekeep-alivessignaltoguaranteenormalTCPconnections
lPossessingcompletemetrics
lBoastingofabundantattributesandpowerfulcontrolfunctions
lSuitinghugenetworks
TheoperatingprinciplesofBGP4+aresimilartothoseofBGP .
8.2ConguringBGP4+
ThisproceduredescribeshowtoconguretheattributesandfunctionsofBGP4+protocol
routes,includingbasicfunctionsandrouteloadsharing.
Steps
1.CongureBGP4+basicfunction.
FortheZXR10ZSRV2,thecommandsforconguringBGP4+aresimilartothose
forconguringBGPinIPv4,exceptthattheZXR10ZSRV2supportsIPv6address
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