Route Reflectors......................................................................................................................................................161
BGP Attributes......................................................................................................................................................... 162
Best Path Selection Criteria............................................................................................................................ 163
Weight................................................................................................................................................................. 165
Local Preference...............................................................................................................................................165
Multi-Exit Discriminators (MEDs)...................................................................................................................165
Origin...................................................................................................................................................................166
AS Path................................................................................................................................................................ 167
Next Hop.............................................................................................................................................................167
Multiprotocol BGP..................................................................................................................................................167
Implement BGP with Dell Networking OS........................................................................................................168
Additional Path (Add-Path) Support............................................................................................................. 168
Advertise IGP Cost as MED for Redistributed Routes............................................................................... 168
Ignore Router-ID in Best-Path Calculation................................................................................................ 169
Four-Byte AS Numbers....................................................................................................................................169
AS4 Number Representation..........................................................................................................................169
AS Number Migration....................................................................................................................................... 171
BGP4 Management Information Base (MIB)............................................................................................... 173
Important Points to Remember.....................................................................................................................173
Configuration Information....................................................................................................................................174
BGP Configuration................................................................................................................................................. 174
Enabling BGP..................................................................................................................................................... 175
Configuring AS4 Number Representations.................................................................................................178
Configuring Peer Groups................................................................................................................................ 179
Configuring BGP Fast Fall-Over.................................................................................................................... 182
Configuring Passive Peering...........................................................................................................................183
Maintaining Existing AS Numbers During an AS Migration......................................................................184
Allowing an AS Number to Appear in its Own AS Path.............................................................................185
Enabling Graceful Restart............................................................................................................................... 186
Enabling Neighbor Graceful Restart............................................................................................................. 187
Filtering on an AS-Path Attribute...................................................................................................................187
Regular Expressions as Filters........................................................................................................................ 188
Redistributing Routes...................................................................................................................................... 190
Enabling Additional Paths............................................................................................................................... 190
Configuring IP Community Lists....................................................................................................................191
Configuring an IP Extended Community List............................................................................................. 192
Filtering Routes with Community Lists........................................................................................................ 193
Manipulating the COMMUNITY Attribute.................................................................................................... 193
Changing MED Attributes................................................................................................................................195
Changing the LOCAL_PREFERENCE Attribute...........................................................................................195
Configuring the local System or a Different System to be the Next Hop for BGP-Learned
Routes................................................................................................................................................................. 196
Changing the WEIGHT Attribute................................................................................................................... 196
Enabling Multipath............................................................................................................................................197
Filtering BGP Routes.........................................................................................................................................197
Filtering BGP Routes Using Route Maps......................................................................................................198
Filtering BGP Routes Using AS-PATH Information....................................................................................199
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