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Configuring a Basic BGP Network

This module describes the basic tasks to configure a basic Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) network. BGP is an interdomain routing protocol that is designed to provide loop-free routing between organizations. The Cisco IOS implementation of the neighbor and address family commands is explained. This module also contains tasks to configure and customize BGP peers, implement BGP route aggregation, configure BGP route origination, and define BGP backdoor routes. BGP peer group definition is documented, peer session templates are introduced, and update groups are explained,

Finding Feature Information

Your software release may not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest caveats and feature information, see Bug Search Tool and the release notes for your platform and software release. To find information about the features documented in this module, and to see a list of the releases in which each feature is supported, see the feature information table at the end of this module.

Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco software image support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to www.cisco.com/​go/​cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

Prerequisites for Configuring a Basic BGP Network

Before configuring a basic BGP network, you should be familiar with the “Cisco BGP Overview” module.

Restrictions for Configuring a Basic BGP Network

A device that runs Cisco software can be configured to run only one BGP routing process and to be a member of only one BGP autonomous system. However, a BGP routing process and autonomous system can support multiple address family configurations.

Information About Configuring a Basic BGP Network

Cisco Implementation of BGP Global and Address Family Configuration Commands

The address family model for configuring BGP is based on splitting apart the configuration for each address family. All commands that are independent of the address family are grouped together at the beginning (highest level) of the configuration, and these are followed by separate submodes for commands specific to each address family (with the exception that commands relating to IPv4 unicast can also be entered at the beginning of the configuration). When a network operator configures BGP, the flow of BGP configuration categories is represented by the following bullets in order:

  • Global configuration—Configuration that is applied to BGP in general, rather than to specific neighbors. For example, the network, redistribute, and bgp bestpath commands.
  • Address family-dependent configuration—Configuration that applies to a specific address family such as policy on an individual neighbor.

The relationship between BGP global and BGP address family-dependent configuration categories is shown in the table below.

Table 1 Relationships Between BGP Configuration Categories

BGP Configuration Category

Configuration Sets Within Category

Global address family-independent

One set of global address family-independent configurations

Address family-dependent

One set of global address family-dependent configurations per address family


Note

Address family configuration must be entered within the address family submode to which it applies.

The following is an example of BGP configuration statements showing the grouping of global address family-independent and address family-dependent commands. 

router bgp <AS>
 ! AF independent part
 neighbor <ip-address> <command> ! Session config; AF independent 
 address-family ipv4 unicast
  ! AF dependant part
  neighbor <ip-address> <command> ! Policy config; AF dependant 
  exit-address-family 
 address-family ipv4 multicast
  ! AF dependant part
  neighbor <ip-address> <command> ! Policy config; AF dependant
  exit-address-family 
 address-family ipv4 unicast vrf <vrf-name>
  ! VRF specific AS independent commands
  ! VRF specific AS dependant commands
  neighbor <ip-address> <command> ! Session config; AF independent
  neighbor <ip-address> <command> ! Policy config; AF dependant 
  exit-address-family

The following example shows actual BGP commands that match the BGP configuration statements in the previous example: 

router bgp 45000
 router-id 172.17.1.99
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as 40000
 neighbor 192.168.3.2 remote-as 50000
 address-family ipv4 unicast
  neighbor 192.168.1.2 activate
  network 172.17.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
  exit-address-family
 address-family ipv4 multicast
  neighbor 192.168.3.2 activate
  neighbor 192.168.3.2 advertisement-interval 25
  network 172.16.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
  exit-address-family
 address-family ipv4 vrf vpn1
  neighbor 192.168.3.2 activate
  network 172.21.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
  exit-address-family

The bgp upgrade-cli command simplifies the migration of BGP networks and existing configurations from the network layer reachability information (NLRI) format to the address family format. Network operators can configure commands in the address family identifier (AFI) format and save these command configurations to existing NLRI formatted configurations. The BGP hybrid command-line interface (CLI) does not add support for complete AFI and NLRI integration because of the limitations of the NLRI format. For complete support of AFI commands and features, we recommend upgrading existing NLRI configurations with the bgp upgrade-cli command. For an example of migrating BGP configurations from the NLRI format to the address family format, see the “Example: NLFI to AFI Configuration” section later in this module.

Conditional BGP Route Injection

Routes that are advertised through the BGP are commonly aggregated to minimize the number of routes that are used and reduce the size of global routing tables. However, common route aggregation can obscure more specific routing information that is more accurate but not necessary to forward packets to their destinations. Routing accuracy is obscured by common route aggregation because a prefix that represents multiple addresses or hosts over a large topological area cannot be accurately reflected in a single route. Cisco software provides several methods by which you can originate a prefix into BGP. Prior to the BGP conditional route injection feature, the existing methods included redistribution and using the network or aggregate-address command. However, these methods assume the existence of more specific routing information (matching the route to be originated) in either the routing table or the BGP table.

BGP conditional route injection allows you to originate a prefix into a BGP routing table without the corresponding match. This feature allows more specific routes to be generated based on administrative policy or traffic engineering information in order to provide more specific control over the forwarding of packets to these more specific routes, which are injected into the BGP routing table only if the configured conditions are met. Enabling this feature will allow you to improve the accuracy of common route aggregation by conditionally injecting or replacing less specific prefixes with more specific prefixes. Only prefixes that are equal to or more specific than the original prefix may be injected. BGP conditional route injection is enabled with the bgp inject-map exist-mapcommand and uses two route maps (inject map and exist map) to install one (or more) more specific prefixes into a BGP routing table. The exist map specifies the prefixes that the BGP speaker will track. The inject map defines the prefixes that will be created and installed into the local BGP table.

BGP Update Group

The introduction of the BGP (dynamic) update group provides a different type of BGP peer grouping from existing BGP peer groups. Existing peer groups are not affected but peers with the same outbound policy configured that are not members of a current peer group can be grouped into an update group. The members of this update group will use the same update generation engine. When BGP update groups are configured an algorithm dynamically calculates the BGP update group membership based on outbound policies. Optimal BGP update message generation occurs automatically and independently. BGP neighbor configuration is no longer restricted by outbound routing policies, and update groups can belong to different address families.

BGP Dynamic Update Group Configuration

In Cisco IOS Release 12.0(24)S, 12.2(18)S, 12.3(4)T, 12.2(27)SBC, and later releases, a new algorithm was introduced that dynamically calculates and optimizes update groups of neighbors that share the same outbound policies and can share the same update messages. No configuration is required to enable the BGP dynamic update group and the algorithm runs automatically. When a change to outbound policy occurs, the router automatically recalculates update group memberships and applies the changes by triggering an outbound soft reset after a 1-minute timer expires. This behavior is designed to provide the network operator with time to change the configuration if a mistake is made. You can manually enable an outbound soft reset before the timer expires by entering the clear ip bgp ip-address soft outcommand.


Note

In Cisco IOS Release 12.0(22)S, 12.2(14)S, 12.3(2)T, and prior releases, the update group recalculation delay timer is set to 3 minutes.

For the best optimization of BGP update group generation, we recommend that the network operator keeps outbound routing policy the same for neighbors that have similar outbound policies.

BGP Peer Templates

To address some of the limitations of peer groups such as configuration management, BGP peer templates were introduced to support the BGP update group configuration.

A peer template is a configuration pattern that can be applied to neighbors that share policies. Peer templates are reusable and support inheritance, which allows the network operator to group and apply distinct neighbor configurations for BGP neighbors that share policies. Peer templates also allow the network operator to define very complex configuration patterns through the capability of a peer template to inherit a configuration from another peer template.

There are two types of peer templates:

  • Peer session templates are used to group and apply the configuration of general session commands that are common to all address family and NLRI configuration modes.
  • Peer policy templates are used to group and apply the configuration of commands that are applied within specific address families and NLRI configuration modes.

Peer templates improve the flexibility and enhance the capability of neighbor configuration. Peer templates also provide an alternative to peer group configuration and overcome some limitations of peer groups. BGP peer routers using peer templates also benefit from automatic update group configuration. With the configuration of the BGP peer templates and the support of the BGP dynamic update peer groups, the network operator no longer needs to configure peer groups in BGP and the network can benefit from improved configuration flexibility and faster convergence.


Note

A BGP neighbor cannot be configured to work with both peer groups and peer templates. A BGP neighbor can be configured to belong only to a peer group or to inherit policies from peer templates.

The following restrictions apply to the peer policy templates:

  • A peer policy template can directly or indirectly inherit up to eight peer policy templates.
  • A BGP neighbor cannot be configured to work with both peer groups and peer templates. A BGP neighbor can be configured to belong only to a peer group or to inherit policies only from peer templates.

Inheritance in Peer Templates

The inheritance capability is a key component of peer template operation. Inheritance in a peer template is similar to node and tree structures commonly found in general computing, for example, file and directory trees. A peer template can directly or indirectly inherit the configuration from another peer template. The directly inherited peer template represents the tree in the structure. The indirectly inherited peer template represents a node in the tree. Because each node also supports inheritance, branches can be created that apply the configurations of all indirectly inherited peer templates within a chain back to the directly inherited peer template or the source of the tree.

This structure eliminates the need to repeat configuration statements that are commonly reapplied to groups of neighbors because common configuration statements can be applied once and then indirectly inherited by peer templates that are applied to neighbor groups with common configurations. Configuration statements that are duplicated separately within a node and a tree are filtered out at the source of the tree by the directly inherited template. A directly inherited template will overwrite any indirectly inherited statements that are duplicated in the directly inherited template.

Inheritance expands the scalability and flexibility of neighbor configuration by allowing you to chain together peer templates configurations to create simple configurations that inherit common configuration statements or complex configurations that apply very specific configuration statements along with common inherited configurations. Specific details about configuring inheritance in peer session templates and peer policy templates are provided in the following sections.

When BGP neighbors use inherited peer templates it can be difficult to determine which policies are associated with a specific template. The detail keyword was added to the show ip bgp template peer-policy command to display the detailed configuration of local and inherited policies associated with a specific template.

Peer Session Templates

Peer session templates are used to group and apply the configuration of general session commands to groups of neighbors that share session configuration elements. General session commands that are common for neighbors that are configured in different address families can be configured within the same peer session template. Peer session templates are created and configured in peer session configuration mode. Only general session commands can be configured in a peer session template. The following general session commands are supported by peer session templates:

  • description
  • disable-connected-check
  • ebgp-multihop
  • exit peer-session
  • inherit peer-session
  • local-as
  • password
  • remote-as
  • shutdown
  • timers
  • translate-update
  • update-source
  • version

General session commands can be configured once in a peer session template and then applied to many neighbors through the direct application of a peer session template or through indirect inheritance from a peer session template. The configuration of peer session templates simplifies the configuration of general session commands that are commonly applied to all neighbors within an autonomous system.

Peer session templates support direct and indirect inheritance. A peer can be configured with only one peer session template at a time, and that peer session template can contain only one indirectly inherited peer session template.


Note

If you attempt to configure more than one inherit statement with a single peer session template, an error message will be displayed.

This behavior allows a BGP neighbor to directly inherit only one session template and indirectly inherit up to seven additional peer session templates. This allows you to apply up to a maximum of eight peer session configurations to a neighbor: the configuration from the directly inherited peer session template and the configurations from up to seven indirectly inherited peer session templates. Inherited peer session configurations are evaluated first and applied starting with the last node in the branch and ending with the directly applied peer session template configuration at the source of the tree. The directly applied peer session template will have priority over inherited peer session template configurations. Any configuration statements that are duplicated in inherited peer session templates will be overwritten by the directly applied peer session template. So, if a general session command is reapplied with a different value, the subsequent value will have priority and overwrite the previous value that was configured in the indirectly inherited template. The following examples illustrate the use of this feature.

In the following example, the general session command remote-as 1 is applied in the peer session template named SESSION-TEMPLATE-ONE: 

template peer-session SESSION-TEMPLATE-ONE 
 remote-as 1
 exit peer-session

Peer session templates support only general session commands. BGP policy configuration commands that are configured only for a specific address family or NLRI configuration mode are configured with peer policy templates.

Peer Policy Templates

Peer policy templates are used to group and apply the configuration of commands that are applied within specific address families and NLRI configuration mode. Peer policy templates are created and configured in peer policy configuration mode. BGP policy commands that are configured for specific address families are configured in a peer policy template. The following BGP policy commands are supported by peer policy templates:

  • advertisement-interval
  • allowas-in
  • as-override
  • capability
  • default-originate
  • distribute-list
  • dmzlink-bw
  • exit-peer-policy
  • filter-list
  • inherit peer-policy
  • maximum-prefix
  • next-hop-self
  • next-hop-unchanged
  • prefix-list
  • remove-private-as
  • route-map
  • route-reflector-client
  • send-community
  • send-label
  • soft-reconfiguration
  • unsuppress-map
  • weight

Peer policy templates are used to configure BGP policy commands that are configured for neighbors that belong to specific address families. Like peer session templates, peer policy templates are configured once and then applied to many neighbors through the direct application of a peer policy template or through inheritance from peer policy templates. The configuration of peer policy templates simplifies the configuration of BGP policy commands that are applied to all neighbors within an autonomous system.

Like a peer session template, a peer policy template supports inheritance. However, there are minor differences. A directly applied peer policy template can directly or indirectly inherit configurations from up to seven peer policy templates. So, a total of eight peer policy templates can be applied to a neighbor or neighbor group. Like route maps, inherited peer policy templates are configured with sequence numbers. Also like a route map, an inherited peer policy template is evaluated starting with the inherit peer-policy statement with the lowest sequence number and ending with the highest sequence number. However, there is a difference; a peer policy template will not collapse like a route map. Every sequence is evaluated, and if a BGP policy command is reapplied with a different value, it will overwrite any previous value from a lower sequence number.

The directly applied peer policy template and the inherit peer-policy statement with the highest sequence number will always have priority and be applied last. Commands that are reapplied in subsequent peer templates will always overwrite the previous values. This behavior is designed to allow you to apply common policy configurations to large neighbor groups and specific policy configurations only to certain neighbors and neighbor groups without duplicating individual policy configuration commands.

Peer policy templates support only policy configuration commands. BGP policy configuration commands that are configured only for specific address families are configured with peer policy templates.

The configuration of peer policy templates simplifies and improves the flexibility of BGP configuration. A specific policy can be configured once and referenced many times. Because a peer policy supports up to eight levels of inheritance, very specific and very complex BGP policies can also be created.

BGP IPv6 Neighbor Activation Under the IPv4 Address Family

Prior to Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRE4, by default, both IPv6 and IPv4 capability is exchanged with a BGP peer that has an IPv6 address. When an IPv6 peer is configured, that neighbor is automatically activated under the IPv4 unicast address family.

Beginning with Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRE4, when a new IPv6 neighbor is being configured, it is no longer automatically activated under the IPv4 address family. You can manually activate the IPv6 neighbor under the IPv4 address family if, for example, you have a dual stack environment and want to send IPv6 and IPv4 prefixes.

If you do not want an existing IPv6 peer to be activated under the IPv4 address family, you can manually deactivate the peer with the no neighbor activate command. Until then, existing configurations that activate an IPv6 neighbor under the IPv4 unicast address family will continue to try to establish a session.

How to Configure a Basic BGP Network

Configuring a basic BGP network consists of a few required tasks and many optional tasks. A BGP routing process must be configured and BGP peers must be configured, preferably using the address family configuration model. If the BGP peers are part of a VPN network, the BGP peers must be configured using the IPv4 VRF address family task. The other tasks in the following list are optional:

Configuring a BGP Routing Process

Perform this task to configure a BGP routing process. You must perform the required steps at least once to enable BGP. The optional steps here allow you to configure additional features in your BGP network. Several of the features, such as logging neighbor resets and immediate reset of a peer when its link goes down, are enabled by default but are presented here to enhance your understanding of how your BGP network operates.


Note

A device that runs Cisco software can be configured to run only one BGP routing process and to be a member of only one BGP autonomous system. However, a BGP routing process and autonomous system can support multiple concurrent BGP address family and subaddress family configurations.

The configuration in this task is done at Router A in the figure below and would need to be repeated with appropriate changes to the IP addresses (for example, at Router B) to fully achieve a BGP process between the two devices. No address family is configured here for the BGP routing process, so routing information for the IPv4 unicast address family is advertised by default.

Figure 1. BGP Topology with Two Autonomous Systems

SUMMARY STEPS

    1.    enable

    2.    configure terminal

    3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

    4.    network network-number [mask network-mask] [route-map route-map-name]

    5.    bgp router-id ip-address

    6.    timers bgp keepalive holdtime

    7.    bgp fast-external-fallover

    8.    bgp log-neighbor-changes

    9.    end

    10.    show ip bgp [network] [network-mask]


DETAILED STEPS
     Command or ActionPurpose
    Step 1 enable


    Example:
    Device> enable
     

    Enables privileged EXEC mode.

    • Enter your password if prompted.
     
    Step 2 configure terminal


    Example:
    Device# configure terminal
     

    Enters global configuration mode.

     
    Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


    Example:
    Device(config)# router bgp 40000
     

    Configures a BGP routing process, and enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

    • Use the autonomous-system-number argument to specify an integer, from 0 and 65534, that identifies the device to other BGP speakers.
     
    Step 4 network network-number [mask network-mask] [route-map route-map-name]


    Example:
    Device(config-router)# network 10.1.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
     

    (Optional) Specifies a network as local to this autonomous system and adds it to the BGP routing table.

    • For exterior protocols, the network command controls which networks are advertised. Interior protocols use the network command to determine where to send updates.
     
    Step 5 bgp router-id ip-address


    Example:
    Device(config-router)# bgp router-id 10.1.1.99
     

    (Optional) Configures a fixed 32-bit router ID as the identifier of the local device running BGP.

    • Use the ip-address argument to specify a unique router ID within the network.
    Note   

    Configuring a router ID using the bgp router-id command resets all active BGP peering sessions.

     
    Step 6 timers bgp keepalive holdtime


    Example:
    Device(config-router)# timers bgp 70 120
     

    (Optional) Sets BGP network timers.

    • Use the keepalive argument to specify the frequency, in seconds, with which the software sends keepalive messages to its BGP peer. By default, the keepalive timer is set to 60 seconds.
    • Use the holdtime argument to specify the interval, in seconds, after which the software, having not received a keepalive message, declares a BGP peer dead. By default, the holdtime timer is set to 180 seconds.
     
    Step 7 bgp fast-external-fallover


    Example:
    Device(config-router)# bgp fast-external-fallover
     

    (Optional) Enables the automatic resetting of BGP sessions.

    • By default, the BGP sessions of any directly adjacent external peers are reset if the link used to reach them goes down.
     
    Step 8 bgp log-neighbor-changes


    Example:
    Device(config-router)# bgp log-neighbor-changes
     

    (Optional) Enables logging of BGP neighbor status changes (up or down) and neighbor resets.

    • Use this command for troubleshooting network connectivity problems and measuring network stability. Unexpected neighbor resets might indicate high error rates or high packet loss in the network and should be investigated.
     
    Step 9 end


    Example:
    Device(config-router)# end
     

    Exits router configuration mode and enters privileged EXEC mode.

     
    Step 10 show ip bgp [network] [network-mask]


    Example:
    Device# show ip bgp
     

    (Optional) Displays the entries in the BGP routing table.

    Note   

    Only the syntax applicable to this task is used in this example. For more details, see the Cisco IOS IP Routing: BGP Command Reference.

     

    Examples

    The following sample output from the show ip bgp command shows the BGP routing table for Router A in the figure above after this task has been configured on Router A. You can see an entry for the network 10.1.1.0 that is local to this autonomous system. 

    BGP table version is 12, local router ID is 10.1.1.99
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal,
              r RIB-failure, S Stale
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
   Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 10.1.1.0/24      0.0.0.0                  0         32768 i

    Troubleshooting Tips

    Use the ping command to check basic network connectivity between the BGP routers.

    Configuring a BGP Peer

    Perform this task to configure BGP between two IPv4 routers (peers). The address family configured here is the default IPv4 unicast address family and the configuration is done at Router A in the figure above. Remember to perform this task for any neighbor routers that are to be BGP peers.

    Before You Begin

    Before you perform this task, perform the “Configuring a BGP Routing Process” task shown in the prior section.


    Note

    By default, neighbors that are defined using the neighbor remote-as command in router configuration mode exchange only IPv4 unicast address prefixes. To exchange other address prefix types, such as IPv6 prefixes, neighbors must also be activated using the neighbor activate command in address family configuration mode for the other prefix types, such as IPv6 prefixes.

    SUMMARY STEPS

      1.    enable

      2.    configure terminal

      3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

      4.    neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number

      5.    address-family ipv4 [unicast | multicast | vrf vrf-name]

      6.    neighbor ip-address activate

      7.    end

      8.    show ip bgp [network] [network-mask]

      9.    show ip bgp neighbors [neighbor-address]


    DETAILED STEPS
       Command or ActionPurpose
      Step 1 enable


      Example:
      Router> enable
       

      Enables privileged EXEC mode.

      • Enter your password if prompted.
       
      Step 2 configure terminal


      Example:
      Router# configure terminal
       

      Enters global configuration mode.

       
      Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


      Example:
      Router(config)# router bgp 40000
       

      Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

       
      Step 4 neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number


      Example:
      Router(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.1 remote-as 45000
       

      Adds the IP address of the neighbor in the specified autonomous system to the IPv4 multiprotocol BGP neighbor table of the local router.

       
      Step 5 address-family ipv4 [unicast | multicast | vrf vrf-name]


      Example:
      Router(config-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast
       

      Specifies the IPv4 address family and enters address family configuration mode.

      • The unicast keyword specifies the IPv4 unicast address family. By default, the router is placed in configuration mode for the IPv4 unicast address family if the unicast keyword is not specified with the address-family ipv4 command.
      • The multicast keyword specifies IPv4 multicast address prefixes.
      • The vrf keyword and vrf-name argument specify the name of the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance to associate with subsequent IPv4 address family configuration mode commands.
       
      Step 6 neighbor ip-address activate


      Example:
      Router(config-router-af)# neighbor 192.168.1.1 activate
       

      Enables the neighbor to exchange prefixes for the IPv4 unicast address family with the local router.

       
      Step 7 end


      Example:
      Router(config-router-af)# end
       

      Exits address family configuration mode and enters privileged EXEC mode.

       
      Step 8 show ip bgp [network] [network-mask]


      Example:
      Router# show ip bgp
       

      (Optional) Displays the entries in the BGP routing table.

      Note   

      Only the syntax applicable to this task is used in this example. For more details, see the Cisco IOS IP Routing: BGP Command Reference.

       
      Step 9 show ip bgp neighbors [neighbor-address]


      Example:
      Router(config-router-af)# show ip bgp neighbors 192.168.2.2
       

      (Optional) Displays information about the TCP and BGP connections to neighbors.

      Note   

      Only the syntax applicable to this task is used in this example. For more details, see the Cisco IOS IP Routing: BGP Command Reference.

       

      Examples

      The following sample output from the show ip bgp command shows the BGP routing table for Router A in the figure above after this task has been configured on Router A and Router B. You can now see an entry for the network 172.17.1.0 in autonomous system 45000. 

      BGP table version is 13, local router ID is 10.1.1.99
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal,
              r RIB-failure, S Stale
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
   Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 10.1.1.0/24      0.0.0.0                  0         32768 i
*> 172.17.1.0/24    192.168.1.1              0             0 45000 i

      The following sample output from the show ip bgp neighbors command shows information about the TCP and BGP connections to the BGP neighbor 192.168.1.1 of Router A in the figure above after this task has been configured on Router A: 

      BGP neighbor is 192.168.1.1,  remote AS 45000, external link
  BGP version 4, remote router ID 172.17.1.99
  BGP state = Established, up for 00:06:55
  Last read 00:00:15, last write 00:00:15, hold time is 120, keepalive intervals
  Configured hold time is 120,keepalive interval is 70 seconds, Minimum holdtims
  Neighbor capabilities:
    Route refresh: advertised and received (old & new)
    Address family IPv4 Unicast: advertised and received
  Message statistics:
    InQ depth is 0
    OutQ depth is 0
                         Sent       Rcvd
    Opens:                  1          1
    Notifications:          0          0
    Updates:                1          2
    Keepalives:            13         13
    Route Refresh:          0          0
    Total:                 15         16
  Default minimum time between advertisement runs is 30 seconds
 For address family: IPv4 Unicast
  BGP table version 13, neighbor version 13/0
 Output queue size : 0
  Index 1, Offset 0, Mask 0x2
  1 update-group member
                                 Sent       Rcvd
  Prefix activity:               ----       ----
    Prefixes Current:               1          1 (Consumes 52 bytes)
    Prefixes Total:                 1          1
    Implicit Withdraw:              0          0
    Explicit Withdraw:              0          0
    Used as bestpath:             n/a          1
    Used as multipath:            n/a          0
                                   Outbound    Inbound
  Local Policy Denied Prefixes:    --------    -------
    AS_PATH loop:                       n/a          1
    Bestpath from this peer:              1        n/a
    Total:                                1          1
  Number of NLRIs in the update sent: max 0, min 0
  Connections established 1; dropped 0
  Last reset never
Connection state is ESTAB, I/O status: 1, unread input bytes: 0        
Connection is ECN Disabled
Local host: 192.168.1.2, Local port: 179
Foreign host: 192.168.1.1, Foreign port: 37725
Enqueued packets for retransmit: 0, input: 0  mis-ordered: 0 (0 bytes)
Event Timers (current time is 0x12F4F2C):
Timer          Starts    Wakeups            Next
Retrans            14          0             0x0
TimeWait            0          0             0x0
AckHold            13          8             0x0
SendWnd             0          0             0x0
KeepAlive           0          0             0x0
GiveUp              0          0             0x0
PmtuAger            0          0             0x0
DeadWait            0          0             0x0
iss:  165379618  snduna:  165379963  sndnxt:  165379963     sndwnd:  16040
irs: 3127821601  rcvnxt: 3127821993  rcvwnd:      15993  delrcvwnd:    391
SRTT: 254 ms, RTTO: 619 ms, RTV: 365 ms, KRTT: 0 ms
minRTT: 12 ms, maxRTT: 300 ms, ACK hold: 200 ms
Flags: passive open, nagle, gen tcbs
IP Precedence value : 6
Datagrams (max data segment is 1460 bytes):
Rcvd: 20 (out of order: 0), with data: 15, total data bytes: 391
Sent: 22 (retransmit: 0, fastretransmit: 0, partialack: 0, Second Congestion: 04

      Troubleshooting Tips

      Use the ping command to verify basic network connectivity between the BGP routers.

      What to Do Next

      If you have BGP peers in a VPN, proceed to the Configuring a BGP Peer for the IPv4 VRF Address Family. If you do not have BGP peers in a VPN, proceed to the Customizing a BGP Peer.

      Configuring a BGP Routing Process and Peers Using 4-Byte Autonomous System Numbers

      Perform this task to configure a BGP routing process and BGP peers when the BGP peers are located in an AS that uses 4-byte autonomous system numbers. The address family configured here is the default IPv4 unicast address family, and the configuration is done at Router B in the figure above (in the “Cisco Implementation of 4-Byte Autonomous System Numbers” section). The 4-byte autonomous system numbers in this task are formatted in the default asplain (decimal value) format; for example, Router B is in autonomous system number 65538 in the figure above. Remember to perform this task for any neighbor routers that are to be BGP peers.

      Before You Begin

      Note

      By default, neighbors that are defined using the neighbor remote-as command in router configuration mode exchange only IPv4 unicast address prefixes. To exchange other address prefix types, such as IPv6 prefixes, neighbors must also be activated using the neighbor activate command in address family configuration mode for the other prefix types.

      SUMMARY STEPS

        1.    enable

        2.    configure terminal

        3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

        4.    neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number

        5.    Repeat Step 4 to define other BGP neighbors, as required.

        6.    address-family ipv4 [unicast | multicast | vrf vrf-name]

        7.    neighbor ip-address activate

        8.    Repeat Step 7 to activate other BGP neighbors, as required.

        9.    network network-number [mask network-mask] [route-map route-map-name]

        10.    end

        11.    show ip bgp [network] [network-mask]

        12.    show ip bgp summary


      DETAILED STEPS
         Command or ActionPurpose
        Step 1 enable


        Example:
        Router> enable
         

        Enables privileged EXEC mode.

        • Enter your password if prompted.
         
        Step 2 configure terminal


        Example:
        Router# configure terminal
         

        Enters global configuration mode.

         
        Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


        Example:
        Router(config)# router bgp 65538
         

        Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

        • In this example, the 4-byte autonomous system number, 65538, is defined in asplain notation.
         
        Step 4 neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number


        Example:
        Router(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as 65536
         

        Adds the IP address of the neighbor in the specified autonomous system to the IPv4 multiprotocol BGP neighbor table of the local router.

        • In this example, the 4-byte autonomous system number, 65536, is defined in asplain notation.
         
        Step 5 Repeat Step 4 to define other BGP neighbors, as required.  

        --

         
        Step 6 address-family ipv4 [unicast | multicast | vrf vrf-name]


        Example:
        Router(config-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast
         

        Specifies the IPv4 address family and enters address family configuration mode.

        • The unicast keyword specifies the IPv4 unicast address family. By default, the router is placed in configuration mode for the IPv4 unicast address family if the unicast keyword is not specified with the address-family ipv4 command.
        • The multicast keyword specifies IPv4 multicast address prefixes.
        • The vrf keyword and vrf-name argument specify the name of the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance to associate with subsequent IPv4 address family configuration mode commands.
         
        Step 7 neighbor ip-address activate


        Example:
        Router(config-router-af)# neighbor 192.168.1.2 activate
         

        Enables the neighbor to exchange prefixes for the IPv4 unicast address family with the local router.

         
        Step 8 Repeat Step 7 to activate other BGP neighbors, as required.  

        --

         
        Step 9 network network-number [mask network-mask] [route-map route-map-name]


        Example:
        Router(config-router-af)# network 172.17.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
         

        (Optional) Specifies a network as local to this autonomous system and adds it to the BGP routing table.

        • For exterior protocols the network command controls which networks are advertised. Interior protocols use the network command to determine where to send updates.
         
        Step 10 end


        Example:
        Router(config-router-af)# end
         

        Exits address family configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

         
        Step 11 show ip bgp [network] [network-mask]


        Example:
        Router# show ip bgp 10.1.1.0
         

        (Optional) Displays the entries in the BGP routing table.

        Note   

        Only the syntax applicable to this task is used in this example. For more details, see the Cisco IOS IP Routing: BGP Command Reference.

         
        Step 12 show ip bgp summary


        Example:
        Router# show ip bgp summary
         

        (Optional) Displays the status of all BGP connections.

         

        Examples

        The following output from the show ip bgp command at Router B shows the BGP routing table entry for network 10.1.1.0 learned from the BGP neighbor at 192.168.1.2 in Router A in the figure above with its 4-byte autonomous system number of 65536 displayed in the default asplain format. 

        RouterB# show ip bgp 10.1.1.0

BGP routing table entry for 10.1.1.0/24, version 2
Paths: (1 available, best #1)
  Advertised to update-groups:
     2         
  65536
    192.168.1.2 from 192.168.1.2 (10.1.1.99)
      Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, external, best

        The following output from the show ip bgp summary command shows the 4-byte autonomous system number 65536 for the BGP neighbor 192.168.1.2 of Router A in the figure above after this task has been configured on Router B: 

        RouterB# show ip bgp summary

BGP router identifier 172.17.1.99, local AS number 65538
BGP table version is 3, main routing table version 3
2 network entries using 234 bytes of memory
2 path entries using 104 bytes of memory
3/2 BGP path/bestpath attribute entries using 444 bytes of memory
1 BGP AS-PATH entries using 24 bytes of memory
0 BGP route-map cache entries using 0 bytes of memory
0 BGP filter-list cache entries using 0 bytes of memory
BGP using 806 total bytes of memory
BGP activity 2/0 prefixes, 2/0 paths, scan interval 60 secs
Neighbor        V          AS MsgRcvd MsgSent   TblVer  InQ OutQ  Up/Down  Stated
192.168.1.2     4       65536       6       6        3    0    0 00:01:33       1

        Troubleshooting Tips

        Use the ping command to verify basic network connectivity between the BGP routers.

        Modifying the Default Output and Regular Expression Match Format for 4-Byte Autonomous System Numbers

        Perform this task to modify the default output format for 4-byte autonomous system numbers from asplain format to asdot notation format. The show ip bgp summary command is used to display the changes in output format for the 4-byte autonomous system numbers.

        SUMMARY STEPS

          1.    enable

          2.    show ip bgp summary

          3.    configure terminal

          4.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

          5.    bgp asnotation dot

          6.    end

          7.    clear ip bgp *

          8.    show ip bgp summary

          9.    show ip bgp regexp regexp

          10.    configure terminal

          11.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

          12.    no bgp asnotation dot

          13.    end

          14.    clear ip bgp *


        DETAILED STEPS
           Command or ActionPurpose
          Step 1 enable


          Example:
          Router> enable
           

          Enables privileged EXEC mode.

          • Enter your password if prompted.
           
          Step 2 show ip bgp summary


          Example:
          Router# show ip bgp summary
           

          Displays the status of all BGP connections.

           
          Step 3 configure terminal


          Example:
          Router# configure terminal
           

          Enters global configuration mode.

           
          Step 4 router bgp autonomous-system-number


          Example:
          Router(config)# router bgp 65538
           

          Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

          • In this example, the 4-byte autonomous system number, 65538, is defined in asplain notation.
           
          Step 5 bgp asnotation dot


          Example:
          Router(config-router)# bgp asnotation dot
           

          Changes the default output format of BGP 4-byte autonomous system numbers from asplain (decimal values) to dot notation.

          Note   

          4-byte autonomous system numbers can be configured using either asplain format or asdot format. This command affects only the output displayed for show commands or the matching of regular expressions.

           
          Step 6 end


          Example:
          Router(config-router)# end
           

          Exits address family configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

           
          Step 7 clear ip bgp *


          Example:
          Router# clear ip bgp *
           

          Clears and resets all current BGP sessions.

          • In this example, a hard reset is performed to ensure that the 4-byte autonomous system number format change is reflected in all BGP sessions.
          Note   

          Only the syntax applicable to this task is used in this example. For more details, see the Cisco IOS IP Routing: BGP Command Reference.

           
          Step 8 show ip bgp summary


          Example:
          Router# show ip bgp summary
           

          Displays the status of all BGP connections.

           
          Step 9 show ip bgp regexp regexp


          Example:
          Router# show ip bgp regexp ^1\.0$
           

          Displays routes that match the autonomous system path regular expression.

          • In this example, a regular expression to match a 4-byte autonomous system path is configured using asdot format.
           
          Step 10 configure terminal


          Example:
          Router# configure terminal
           

          Enters global configuration mode.

           
          Step 11 router bgp autonomous-system-number


          Example:
          Router(config)# router bgp 65538
           

          Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

          • In this example, the 4-byte autonomous system number, 65538, is defined in asplain notation.
           
          Step 12 no bgp asnotation dot


          Example:
          Router(config-router)# no bgp asnotation dot
           

          Resets the default output format of BGP 4-byte autonomous system numbers back to asplain (decimal values).

          Note   

          4-byte autonomous system numbers can be configured using either asplain format or asdot format. This command affects only the output displayed for show commands or the matching of regular expressions.

           
          Step 13 end


          Example:
          Router(config-router)# end
           

          Exits router configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

           
          Step 14 clear ip bgp *


          Example:
          Router# clear ip bgp *
           

          Clears and resets all current BGP sessions.

          • In this example, a hard reset is performed to ensure that the 4-byte autonomous system number format change is reflected in all BGP sessions.
          Note   

          Only the syntax applicable to this task is used in this example. For more details, see the Cisco IOS IP Routing: BGP Command Reference.

           

          Examples

          The following output from the show ip bgp summary command shows the default asplain format of the 4-byte autonomous system numbers. Note the asplain format of the 4-byte autonomous system numbers, 65536 and 65550. 

          Router# show ip bgp summary

BGP router identifier 172.17.1.99, local AS number 65538
BGP table version is 1, main routing table version 1
Neighbor        V           AS MsgRcvd MsgSent   TblVer  InQ OutQ Up/Down  Statd
192.168.1.2     4       65536       7       7        1    0    0 00:03:04      0
192.168.3.2     4       65550       4       4        1    0    0 00:00:15      0

          After the bgp asnotation dot command is configured (followed by the clear ip bgp * command to perform a hard reset of all current BGP sessions), the output is converted to asdot notation format as shown in the following output from the show ip bgp summary command. Note the asdot format of the 4-byte autonomous system numbers, 1.0 and 1.14 (these are the asdot conversions of the 65536 and 65550 autonomous system numbers. 

          Router# show ip bgp summary

BGP router identifier 172.17.1.99, local AS number 1.2
BGP table version is 1, main routing table version 1
Neighbor        V           AS MsgRcvd MsgSent   TblVer  InQ OutQ Up/Down  Statd
192.168.1.2     4         1.0       9       9        1    0    0 00:04:13      0
192.168.3.2     4        1.14       6       6        1    0    0 00:01:24      0

          After the bgp asnotation dot command is configured (followed by the clear ip bgp * command to perform a hard reset of all current BGP sessions), the regular expression match format for 4-byte autonomous system paths is changed to asdot notation format. Although a 4-byte autonomous system number can be configured in a regular expression using either asplain format or asdot format, only 4-byte autonomous system numbers configured using the current default format are matched. In the first example below, the show ip bgp regexp command is configured with a 4-byte autonomous system number in asplain format. The match fails because the default format is currently asdot format and there is no output. In the second example using asdot format, the match passes and the information about the 4-byte autonomous system path is shown using the asdot notation.


          Note

          The asdot notation uses a period, which is a special character in Cisco regular expressions. To remove the special meaning, use a backslash before the period. 

          Router# show ip bgp regexp ^65536$

Router# show ip bgp regexp ^1\.0$

BGP table version is 2, local router ID is 172.17.1.99
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal,
              r RIB-failure, S Stale
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
   Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 10.1.1.0/24      192.168.1.2              0             0 1.0 i

          Configuring a BGP Peer for the IPv4 VRF Address Family

          Perform this optional task to configure BGP between two IPv4 routers (peers) that must exchange IPv4 VRF information because they exist in a VPN. The address family configured here is the IPv4 VRF address family and the configuration is done at Router B in the figure below with the neighbor 192.168.3.2 at Router E in autonomous system 50000. Remember to perform this task for any neighbor routers that are to be BGP IPv4 VRF address family peers.

          This task does not show the complete configuration required for VPN routing. For some complete example configurations and an example configuration showing how to create a VRF with a route-target that uses a 4-byte autonomous system number, see .

          Figure 2. BGP Topology for IPv4 VRF Address Family

          Before You Begin

          Before you perform this task, perform the Configuring a BGP Routing Process task.

          SUMMARY STEPS

            1.    enable

            2.    configure terminal

            3.    ip vrf vrf-name

            4.    rd route-distinguisher

            5.    route-target {import | export | both} route-target-ext-community

            6.    exit

            7.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

            8.    address-family ipv4 [unicast | multicast | vrf vrf-name]

            9.    neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number

            10.    neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} maximum-prefix maximum [threshold] [restart restart-interval] [warning-only]

            11.    neighbor ip-address activate

            12.    end


          DETAILED STEPS
             Command or ActionPurpose
            Step 1 enable


            Example:
            Router> enable
             

            Enables privileged EXEC mode.

            • Enter your password if prompted.
             
            Step 2 configure terminal


            Example:
            Router# configure terminal
             

            Enters global configuration mode.

             
            Step 3 ip vrf vrf-name


            Example:
            Router(config)# ip vrf vpn1
             

            Configures a VRF routing table and enters VRF configuration mode.

            • Use the vrf-name argument to specify a name to be assigned to the VRF.
             
            Step 4 rd route-distinguisher


            Example:
            Router(config-vrf)# rd 45000:5
             

            Creates routing and forwarding tables and specifies the default route distinguisher for a VPN.

            • Use the route-distinguisher argument to add an 8-byte value to an IPv4 prefix to create a unique VPN IPv4 prefix.
             
            Step 5 route-target {import | export | both} route-target-ext-community


            Example:
            Router(config-vrf)# route-target both 45000:100
             

            Creates a route target extended community for a VRF.

            • Use the import keyword to import routing information from the target VPN extended community.
            • Use the export keyword to export routing information to the target VPN extended community.
            • Use the both keyword to import both import and export routing information to the target VPN extended community.
            • Use the route-target-ext-community argument to add the route target extended community attributes to the VRF's list of import, export, or both (import and export) route target extended communities.
             
            Step 6 exit


            Example:
            Router(config-vrf)# exit
             

            Exits VRF configuration mode and enters global configuration mode.

             
            Step 7 router bgp autonomous-system-number


            Example:
            Router(config)# router bgp 45000
             

            Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

             
            Step 8 address-family ipv4 [unicast | multicast | vrf vrf-name]


            Example:
            Router(config-router)# address-family ipv4 vrf vpn1
             

            Specifies the IPv4 address family and enters address family configuration mode.

            • Use the unicast keyword to specify the IPv4 unicast address family. By default, the router is placed in configuration mode for the IPv4 unicast address family if the unicast keyword is not specified with the address-family ipv4 command.
            • Use the multicast keyword to specify IPv4 multicast address prefixes.
            • Use the vrf keyword and vrf-name argument to specify the name of the VRF instance to associate with subsequent IPv4 address family configuration mode commands.
             
            Step 9 neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number


            Example:
            Router(config-router-af)# neighbor 192.168.3.2 remote-as 45000
             

            Adds the IP address of the neighbor in the specified autonomous system to the IPv4 multiprotocol BGP neighbor table of the local router.

             
            Step 10 neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} maximum-prefix maximum [threshold] [restart restart-interval] [warning-only]


            Example:
            Router(config-router-af)# neighbor 192.168.3.2 maximum-prefix 10000 warning-only
             

            Controls how many prefixes can be received from a neighbor.

            • Use the maximum argument to specify the maximum number of prefixes allowed from the specified neighbor. The number of prefixes that can be configured is limited only by the available system resources on a router.
            • Use the threshold argument to specify an integer representing a percentage of the maximum prefix limit at which the router starts to generate a warning message.
            • Use the warning-only keyword to allow the router to generate a log message when the maximum prefix limit is exceeded, instead of terminating the peering session.
             
            Step 11 neighbor ip-address activate


            Example:
            Router(config-router-af)# neighbor 192.168.3.2 activate
             

            Enables the neighbor to exchange prefixes for the IPv4 VRF address family with the local router.

             
            Step 12 end


            Example:
            Router(config-router-af)# end
             

            Exits address family configuration mode and enters privileged EXEC mode.

             

            Troubleshooting Tips

            Use the ping command to verify basic network connectivity between the BGP routers, and use the show ip vrf command to verify that the VRF instance has been created.

            Customizing a BGP Peer

            Perform this task to customize your BGP peers. Although many of the steps in this task are optional, this task demonstrates how the neighbor and address family configuration command relationships work. Using the example of the IPv4 multicast address family, neighbor address family-independent commands are configured before the IPv4 multicast address family is configured. Commands that are address family-dependent are then configured and the exit address-family command is shown. An optional step shows how to disable a neighbor.

            The configuration in this task is done at Router B in the figure below and would need to be repeated with appropriate changes to the IP addresses, for example, at Router E to fully configure a BGP process between the two devices.

            Figure 3. BGP Peer Topology


            Note

            By default, neighbors that are defined using the neighbor remote-as command in router configuration mode exchange only IPv4 unicast address prefixes. To exchange other address prefix types, such as IPv6 prefixes, neighbors must also be activated using the neighbor activate command in address family configuration mode for the other prefix types, such as IPv6 prefixes.

            SUMMARY STEPS

              1.    enable

              2.    configure terminal

              3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

              4.    no bgp default ipv4-unicast

              5.    neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} remote-as autonomous-system-number

              6.    neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} description text

              7.    address-family ipv4 [unicast | multicast | vrf vrf-name]

              8.    network network-number [mask network-mask] [route-map route-map-name]

              9.    neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} activate

              10.    neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} advertisement-interval seconds

              11.    neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} default-originate [route-map map-name]

              12.    exit-address-family

              13.    neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} shutdown

              14.    end

              15.    show ip bgp ipv4 multicast [command]

              16.    show ip bgp neighbors [neighbor-address] [received-routes | routes | advertised-routes | paths regexp | dampened-routes | received prefix-filter]


            DETAILED STEPS
               Command or ActionPurpose
              Step 1 enable


              Example:
              Device> enable
               

              Enables privileged EXEC mode.

              • Enter your password if prompted.
               
              Step 2 configure terminal


              Example:
              Device# configure terminal
               

              Enters global configuration mode.

               
              Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


              Example:
              Device(config)# router bgp 45000
               

              Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

               
              Step 4 no bgp default ipv4-unicast


              Example:
              Device(config-router)# no bgp default ipv4-unicast
               

              Disables the IPv4 unicast address family for the BGP routing process.

              Note   

              Routing information for the IPv4 unicast address family is advertised by default for each BGP routing session configured with the neighbor remote-as router configuration command unless you configure the no bgp default ipv4-unicast router configuration command before configuring the neighbor remote-as command. Existing neighbor configurations are not affected.

               
              Step 5 neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} remote-as autonomous-system-number


              Example:
              Device(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.3.2 remote-as 50000
               

              Adds the IP address of the neighbor in the specified autonomous system to the IPv4 multiprotocol BGP neighbor table of the local device.

               
              Step 6 neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} description text


              Example:
              Device(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.3.2 description finance
               

              (Optional) Associates a text description with the specified neighbor.

               
              Step 7 address-family ipv4 [unicast | multicast | vrf vrf-name]


              Example:
              Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4 multicast
               

              Specifies the IPv4 address family and enters address family configuration mode.

              • The unicast keyword specifies the IPv4 unicast address family. By default, the device is placed in configuration mode for the IPv4 unicast address family if the unicast keyword is not specified with the address-family ipv4 command.
              • The multicast keyword specifies IPv4 multicast address prefixes.
              • The vrf keyword and vrf-name argument specify the name of the VRF instance to associate with subsequent IPv4 address family configuration mode commands.
               
              Step 8 network network-number [mask network-mask] [route-map route-map-name]


              Example:
              Device(config-router-af)# network 172.17.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
               

              (Optional) Specifies a network as local to this autonomous system and adds it to the BGP routing table.

              • For exterior protocols the network command controls which networks are advertised. Interior protocols use the network command to determine where to send updates.
               
              Step 9 neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} activate


              Example:
              Device(config-router-af)# neighbor 192.168.3.2 activate
               

              Enables the exchange of information with a BGP neighbor.

               
              Step 10 neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} advertisement-interval seconds


              Example:
              Device(config-router-af)# neighbor 192.168.3.2 advertisement-interval 25
               

              (Optional) Sets the minimum interval between the sending of BGP routing updates.

               
              Step 11 neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} default-originate [route-map map-name]


              Example:
              Device(config-router-af)# neighbor 192.168.3.2 default-originate
               

              (Optional) Permits a BGP speaker--the local device--to send the default route 0.0.0.0 to a peer for use as a default route.

               
              Step 12 exit-address-family


              Example:
              Device(config-router-af)# exit-address-family
               

              Exits address family configuration mode and enters router configuration mode.

               
              Step 13 neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} shutdown


              Example:
              Device(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.3.2 shutdown
               

              (Optional) Disables a BGP peer or peer group.

              Note   

              If you perform this step you will not be able to run either of the subsequent show command steps because you have disabled the neighbor.

               
              Step 14 end


              Example:
              Device(config-router)# end
               

              Exits router configuration mode and enters privileged EXEC mode.

               
              Step 15 show ip bgp ipv4 multicast [command]


              Example:
              Device# show ip bgp ipv4 multicast
               

              (Optional) Displays IPv4 multicast database-related information.

              • Use the command argument to specify any multiprotocol BGP command that is supported. To see the supported commands, use the ? prompt on the CLI.
               
              Step 16 show ip bgp neighbors [neighbor-address] [received-routes | routes | advertised-routes | paths regexp | dampened-routes | received prefix-filter]


              Example:
              Device# show ip bgp neighbors 192.168.3.2
               

              (Optional) Displays information about the TCP and BGP connections to neighbors.

               

              Examples

              The following sample output from the show ip bgp ipv4 multicast command shows BGP IPv4 multicast information for Router B in the figure above after this task has been configured on Router B and Router E. Note that the networks local to each device that were configured under IPv4 multicast address family appear in the output table. 

              BGP table version is 3, local router ID is 172.17.1.99
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal,
              r RIB-failure, S Stale
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
   Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 10.2.2.0/24      192.168.3.2              0             0 50000 i
*> 172.17.1.0/24    0.0.0.0                  0         32768 i

              The following partial sample output from the show ip bgp neighbors command for neighbor 192.168.3.2 shows general BGP information and specific BGP IPv4 multicast address family information about the neighbor. The command was entered on Router B in the figure above after this task had been configured on Router B and Router E. 

              BGP neighbor is 192.168.3.2,  remote AS 50000, external link
 Description: finance
  BGP version 4, remote router ID 10.2.2.99
  BGP state = Established, up for 01:48:27
  Last read 00:00:26, last write 00:00:26, hold time is 120, keepalive intervals
  Configured hold time is 120,keepalive interval is 70 seconds, Minimum holdtims
  Neighbor capabilities:
    Route refresh: advertised and received (old & new)
    Address family IPv4 Unicast: advertised
    Address family IPv4 Multicast: advertised and received
!        
 For address family: IPv4 Multicast
  BGP table version 3, neighbor version 3/0
 Output queue size : 0
  Index 1, Offset 0, Mask 0x2
  1 update-group member
    Uses NEXT_HOP attribute for MBGP NLRIs
                                 Sent       Rcvd
  Prefix activity:               ----       ----
    Prefixes Current:               1          1 (Consumes 48 bytes)
    Prefixes Total:                 1          1
    Implicit Withdraw:              0          0
    Explicit Withdraw:              0          0
    Used as bestpath:             n/a          1
    Used as multipath:            n/a          0
                                   Outbound    Inbound
  Local Policy Denied Prefixes:    --------    -------
    Bestpath from this peer:              1        n/a
    Total:                                1          0
  Number of NLRIs in the update sent: max 0, min 0
  Minimum time between advertisement runs is 25 seconds
  Connections established 8; dropped 7
  Last reset 01:48:54, due to User reset
Connection state is ESTAB, I/O status: 1, unread input bytes: 0        
Connection is ECN Disabled
Local host: 192.168.3.1, Local port: 13172
Foreign host: 192.168.3.2, Foreign port: 179
!

              Removing BGP Configuration Commands Using a Redistribution

              BGP CLI configuration can become quite complex even in smaller BGP networks. If you need to remove any CLI configuration, you must consider all the implications of removing the CLI. Analyze the current running configuration to determine the current BGP neighbor relationships, any address family considerations, and even other routing protocols that are configured. Many BGP CLI commands affect other parts of the CLI configuration.

              Perform this task to remove all the BGP configuration commands used in a redistribution of BGP routes into EIGRP. A route map can be used to match and set parameters or to filter the redistributed routes to ensure that routing loops are not created when these routes are subsequently advertised by EIGRP. When removing BGP configuration commands you must remember to remove or disable all the related commands. In this example, if the route-map command is omitted, then the redistribution will still occur and possibly with unexpected results as the route map filtering has been removed. Omitting just the redistribute command would mean that the route map is not applied, but it would leave unused commands in the running configuration.

              For more details on BGP CLI removal, see the “BGP CLI Removal Considerations” concept in the “Cisco BGP Overview” module.

              To view the redistribution configuration before and after the CLI removal, see the “Examples: Removing BGP Configuration Commands Using a Redistribution Example” section.

              SUMMARY STEPS

                1.    enable

                2.    configure terminal

                3.    no route-map map-name

                4.    router eigrp autonomous-system-number

                5.    no redistribute protocol [as-number]

                6.    end

                7.    show running-config


              DETAILED STEPS
                 Command or ActionPurpose
                Step 1 enable


                Example:
                Device> enable
                 

                Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                • Enter your password if prompted.
                 
                Step 2 configure terminal


                Example:
                Device# configure terminal
                 

                Enters global configuration mode.

                 
                Step 3 no route-map map-name


                Example:
                Device(config)# no route-map bgp-to-eigrp
                 

                Removes a route map from the running configuration.

                • In this example, a route map named bgp-to-eigrp is removed from the configuration.
                 
                Step 4 router eigrp autonomous-system-number


                Example:
                Device(config)# router eigrp 100
                 

                Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

                 
                Step 5 no redistribute protocol [as-number]


                Example:
                Device(config-router)# no redistribute bgp 45000
                 

                Disables the redistribution of routes from one routing domain into another routing domain.

                • In this example, the configuration of the redistribution of BGP routes into the EIGRP routing process is removed from the running configuration.
                Note   

                If a route map was included in the original redistribute command configuration, remember to remove the route-map command configuration as in Step 3 in this example task.

                Note   

                Only the syntax applicable to this task is used in this example. For more details, see the Cisco IOS IP Routing: BGP Command Reference.

                 
                Step 6 end


                Example:
                Device(config-router)# end
                 

                Exits router configuration mode and enters privileged EXEC mode.

                 
                Step 7 show running-config


                Example:
                Device# show running-config
                 

                (Optional) Displays the current running configuration on the router.

                • Use this command to verify that the redistribute and route-map commands are removed from the router configuration.
                 

                Monitoring and Maintaining Basic BGP

                The tasks in this section are concerned with the resetting and display of information about basic BGP processes and peer relationships. Once you have defined two routers to be BGP neighbors, they will form a BGP connection and exchange routing information. If you subsequently change a BGP filter, weight, distance, version, or timer, or make a similar configuration change, you may have to reset BGP connections for the configuration change to take effect.

                Configuring Inbound Soft Reconfiguration When Route Refresh Capability Is Missing

                Perform this task to configure inbound soft reconfiguration using the bgp soft-reconfig-backup command for BGP peers that do not support the route refresh capability. BGP peers that support the route refresh capability are unaffected by the configuration of this command. Note that the memory requirements for storing the inbound update information can become quite large.

                SUMMARY STEPS

                  1.    enable

                  2.    configure terminal

                  3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                  4.    bgp log-neighbor-changes

                  5.    bgp soft-reconfig-backup

                  6.    neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} remote-as autonomous-system-number

                  7.    neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} soft-reconfiguration [inbound]

                  8.    neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} route-map map-name {in | out}

                  9.    Repeat Steps 6 through 8 for every peer that is to be configured with inbound soft reconfiguration.

                  10.    exit

                  11.    route-map map-name [permit | deny] [sequence-number]

                  12.    set local-preference number-value

                  13.    end

                  14.    show ip bgp neighbors [neighbor-address]

                  15.    show ip bgp [network] [network-mask]


                DETAILED STEPS
                   Command or ActionPurpose
                  Step 1 enable


                  Example:
                  Device> enable
                   

                  Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                  • Enter your password if prompted.
                   
                  Step 2 configure terminal


                  Example:
                  Device# configure terminal
                   

                  Enters global configuration mode.

                   
                  Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                  Example:
                  Device(config)# router bgp 45000
                   

                  Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

                   
                  Step 4 bgp log-neighbor-changes


                  Example:
                  Device(config-router)# bgp log-neighbor-changes
                   

                  Enables logging of BGP neighbor resets.

                   
                  Step 5 bgp soft-reconfig-backup


                  Example:
                  Device(config-router)# bgp soft-reconfig-backup
                   

                  Configures a BGP speaker to perform inbound soft reconfiguration for peers that do not support the route refresh capability.

                  • This command is used to configure BGP to perform inbound soft reconfiguration for peers that do not support the route refresh capability. The configuration of this command allows you to configure BGP to store updates (soft reconfiguration) only as necessary. Peers that support the route refresh capability are unaffected by the configuration of this command.
                   
                  Step 6 neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} remote-as autonomous-system-number


                  Example:
                  Device(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as 40000
                   

                  Adds the IP address of the neighbor in the specified autonomous system to the IPv4 multiprotocol BGP neighbor table of the local device.

                   
                  Step 7 neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} soft-reconfiguration [inbound]


                  Example:
                  Device(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.2 soft-reconfiguration inbound
                   

                  Configures the Cisco software to start storing updates.

                  • All the updates received from this neighbor will be stored unmodified, regardless of the inbound policy. When inbound soft reconfiguration is done later, the stored information will be used to generate a new set of inbound updates.
                   
                  Step 8 neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} route-map map-name {in | out}


                  Example:
                  Device(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.2 route-map LOCAL in
                   

                  Applies a route map to incoming or outgoing routes.

                  • In this example, the route map named LOCAL will be applied to incoming routes.
                   
                  Step 9 Repeat Steps 6 through 8 for every peer that is to be configured with inbound soft reconfiguration.  

                  —

                   
                  Step 10 exit


                  Example:
                  Device(config-router)# exit
                   

                  Exits router configuration mode and enters global configuration mode.

                   
                  Step 11 route-map map-name [permit | deny] [sequence-number]


                  Example:
                  Device(config)# route-map LOCAL permit 10
                   

                  Configures a route map and enters route-map configuration mode.

                  • In this example, a route map named LOCAL is created.
                   
                  Step 12 set local-preference number-value


                  Example:
                  Device(config-route-map)# set local-preference 200
                   

                  Specifies a preference value for the autonomous system path.

                  • In this example, the local preference value is set to 200.
                   
                  Step 13 end


                  Example:
                  Device(config-route-map)# end
                   

                  Exits route-map configuration mode and enters privileged EXEC mode.

                   
                  Step 14 show ip bgp neighbors [neighbor-address]


                  Example:
                  Device# show ip bgp neighbors 192.168.1.2
                   

                  (Optional) Displays information about the TCP and BGP connections to neighbors.

                  Note   

                  Only the syntax applicable to this task is used in this example. For more details, see the Cisco IOS IP Routing: BGP Command Reference.

                   
                  Step 15 show ip bgp [network] [network-mask]


                  Example:
                  Device# show ip bgp
                   

                  (Optional) Displays the entries in the BGP routing table.

                  Note   

                  Only the syntax applicable to this task is used in this example. For more details, see the Cisco IOS IP Routing: BGP Command Reference.

                   
                  Examples

                  The following partial output from the show ip bgp neighbors command shows information about the TCP and BGP connections to the BGP neighbor 192.168.2.1. This peer supports route refresh. 

                  BGP neighbor is 192.168.1.2,  remote AS 40000, external link
 Neighbor capabilities:
   Route refresh: advertised and received(new)

                  The following partial output from the show ip bgp neighbors command shows information about the TCP and BGP connections to the BGP neighbor 192.168.3.2. This peer does not support route refresh so the soft-reconfig inbound paths for BGP peer 192.168.3.2 will be stored because there is no other way to update any inbound policy updates. 

                  BGP neighbor is 192.168.3.2,  remote AS 50000, external link
 Neighbor capabilities:
   Route refresh: advertised

                  The following sample output from the show ip bgp command shows the entry for the network 172.17.1.0. Both BGP peers are advertising 172.17.1.0/24, but only the received-only path is stored for 192.168.3.2. 

                  BGP routing table entry for 172.17.1.0/24, version 11
Paths: (3 available, best #3, table Default-IP-Routing-Table, RIB-failure(4))
Flag: 0x820
 Advertised to update-groups:
    1         
 50000
   192.168.3.2 from 192.168.3.2 (172.17.1.0)
     Origin incomplete, metric 0, localpref 200, valid, external
 50000, (received-only)
   192.168.3.2 from 192.168.3.2 (172.17.1.0)
     Origin incomplete, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, external
 40000
   192.168.1.2 from 192.168.1.2 (172.16.1.0)
     Origin incomplete, metric 0, localpref 200, valid, external, best

                  Resetting and Displaying Basic BGP Information

                  Perform this task to reset and display information about basic BGP processes and peer relationships.

                  SUMMARY STEPS

                    1.    enable

                    2.    clear ip bgp {* | autonomous-system-number | neighbor-address} [soft [in | out] ]

                    3.    show ip bgp [network-address] [network-mask] [longer-prefixes] [prefix-list prefix-list-name | route-map route-map-name] [shorter prefixes mask-length]

                    4.    show ip bgp neighbors [neighbor-address] [received-routes | routes | advertised-routes | paths regexp | dampened-routes | received prefix-filter]

                    5.    show ip bgp paths

                    6.    show ip bgp summary


                  DETAILED STEPS
                     Command or ActionPurpose
                    Step 1 enable


                    Example:
                    Device> enable
                     

                    Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                    • Enter your password if prompted.
                     
                    Step 2 clear ip bgp {* | autonomous-system-number | neighbor-address} [soft [in | out] ]


                    Example:
                    Device# clear ip bgp *
                     

                    Clears and resets BGP neighbor sessions:

                    • In the example provided, all BGP neighbor sessions are cleared and reset.
                     
                    Step 3 show ip bgp [network-address] [network-mask] [longer-prefixes] [prefix-list prefix-list-name | route-map route-map-name] [shorter prefixes mask-length]


                    Example:
                    Device# show ip bgp 10.1.1.0 255.255.255.0
                     

                    Displays all the entries in the BGP routing table:

                    • In the example provided, the BGP routing table information for the 10.1.1.0 network is displayed.
                     
                    Step 4 show ip bgp neighbors [neighbor-address] [received-routes | routes | advertised-routes | paths regexp | dampened-routes | received prefix-filter]


                    Example:
                    Device# show ip bgp neighbors 192.168.3.2 advertised-routes
                     

                    Displays information about the TCP and BGP connections to neighbors.

                    • In the example provided, the routes advertised from the device to BGP neighbor 192.168.3.2 on another device are displayed.

                     
                    Step 5 show ip bgp paths


                    Example:
                    Device# show ip bgp paths
                     

                    Displays information about all the BGP paths in the database.

                     
                    Step 6 show ip bgp summary


                    Example:
                    Device# show ip bgp summary
                     

                    Displays information about the status of all BGP connections.

                     

                    Aggregating Route Prefixes Using BGP

                    BGP peers exchange information about local networks, but this can quickly lead to large BGP routing tables. CIDR enables the creation of aggregate routes (or supernets) to minimize the size of routing tables. Smaller BGP routing tables can reduce the convergence time of the network and improve network performance. Aggregated routes can be configured and advertised using BGP. Some aggregations advertise only summary routes and other methods of aggregating routes allow more specific routes to be forwarded. Aggregation applies only to routes that exist in the BGP routing table. An aggregated route is forwarded if at least one more specific route of the aggregation exists in the BGP routing table. Perform one of the following tasks to aggregate routes within BGP:

                    Redistributing a Static Aggregate Route into BGP

                    Use this task to redistribute a static aggregate route into BPG. A static aggregate route is configured and then redistributed into the BGP routing table. The static route must be configured to point to interface null 0 and the prefix should be a superset of known BGP routes. When a device receives a BGP packet, it will use the more specific BGP routes. If the route is not found in the BGP routing table, then the packet will be forwarded to null 0 and discarded.

                    SUMMARY STEPS

                      1.    enable

                      2.    configure terminal

                      3.    ip route prefix mask {ip-address | interface-type interface-number [ip-address]} [distance] [name] [permanent | track number] [tag tag]

                      4.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                      5.    redistribute static

                      6.    end


                    DETAILED STEPS
                       Command or ActionPurpose
                      Step 1 enable


                      Example:
                      Device> enable
                       

                      Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                      • Enter your password if prompted.
                       
                      Step 2 configure terminal


                      Example:
                      Device# configure terminal
                       

                      Enters global configuration mode.

                       
                      Step 3 ip route prefix mask {ip-address | interface-type interface-number [ip-address]} [distance] [name] [permanent | track number] [tag tag]


                      Example:
                      Device(config)# ip route 172.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 null 0
                       

                      Creates a static route.

                       
                      Step 4 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                      Example:
                      Device(config)# router bgp 45000
                       

                      Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

                       
                      Step 5 redistribute static


                      Example:
                      Device(config-router)# redistribute static
                       

                      Redistributes routes into the BGP routing table.

                       
                      Step 6 end


                      Example:
                      Device(config-router)# end
                       

                      Exits router configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

                       

                      Configuring Conditional Aggregate Routes Using BGP

                      Use this task to create an aggregate route entry in the BGP routing table when at least one specific route falls into the specified range. The aggregate route is advertised as originating from your autonomous system. For more information, see the “BGP Route Aggregation Generating AS_SET Information” section.

                      SUMMARY STEPS

                        1.    enable

                        2.    configure terminal

                        3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                        4.    aggregate-address address mask [as-set]

                        5.    end


                      DETAILED STEPS
                         Command or ActionPurpose
                        Step 1 enable


                        Example:
                        Device> enable
                         

                        Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                        • Enter your password if prompted.
                         
                        Step 2 configure terminal


                        Example:
                        Device# configure terminal
                         

                        Enters global configuration mode.

                         
                        Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                        Example:
                        Device(config)# router bgp 45000
                         

                        Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

                         
                        Step 4 aggregate-address address mask [as-set]


                        Example:
                        Device(config-router)# aggregate-address 172.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 as-set
                         

                        Creates an aggregate entry in a BGP routing table.

                        • A specified route must exist in the BGP table.
                        • Use the aggregate-address command with no keywords to create an aggregate entry if any more-specific BGP routes are available that fall in the specified range.
                        • Use the as-set keyword to specify that the path advertised for this route is an AS_SET. Do not use the as-set keyword when aggregating many paths because this route is withdrawn and updated every time the reachability information for the aggregated route changes.
                        Note   

                        Only partial syntax is used in this example. For more details, see the Cisco IOS IP Routing: BGP Command Reference.

                         
                        Step 5 end


                        Example:
                        Device(config-router)# end
                         

                        Exits router configuration mode and enters privileged EXEC mode.

                         

                        Suppressing and Unsuppressing the Advertisement of Aggregated Routes Using BGP

                        Use this task to create an aggregate route, suppress the advertisement of routes using BGP, and subsequently unsuppress the advertisement of routes. Routes that are suppressed are not advertised to any neighbors, but it is possible to unsuppress routes that were previously suppressed to specific neighbors.

                        SUMMARY STEPS

                          1.    enable

                          2.    configure terminal

                          3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                          4.    neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number

                          5.    Do one of the following:

                          • aggregate-address address mask [summary-only]
                          • aggregate-address address mask [suppress-map map-name]

                          6.    neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} unsuppress-map map-name

                          7.    end


                        DETAILED STEPS
                           Command or ActionPurpose
                          Step 1 enable


                          Example:
                          Device> enable
                           

                          Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                          • Enter your password if prompted.
                           
                          Step 2 configure terminal


                          Example:
                          Device# configure terminal
                           

                          Enters global configuration mode.

                           
                          Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                          Example:
                          Device(config)# router bgp 45000
                           

                          Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

                           
                          Step 4 neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number


                          Example:
                          Device(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as 40000
                           

                          Adds the IP address of the neighbor in the specified autonomous system to the IPv4 multiprotocol BGP neighbor table of the local device.

                           
                          Step 5Do one of the following:
                          • aggregate-address address mask [summary-only]
                          • aggregate-address address mask [suppress-map map-name]


                          Example:
                          Device(config-router)# aggregate-address 172.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 summary-only


                          Example:
                          Device(config-router)# aggregate-address 172.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 suppress-map map1
                           

                          Creates an aggregate route.

                          • Use the optional summary-only keyword to create the aggregate route (for example, 10.*.*.*) and also suppresses advertisements of more-specific routes to all neighbors.
                          • Use the optional suppress-map keyword to create the aggregate route but suppress advertisement of specified routes. Routes that are suppressed are not advertised to any neighbors. You can use the match clauses of route maps to selectively suppress some more-specific routes of the aggregate and leave others unsuppressed. IP access lists and autonomous system path access lists match clauses are supported.
                          Note   

                          Only partial syntax is used in this example. For more details, see the Cisco IOS IP Routing: BGP Command Reference.

                           
                          Step 6 neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} unsuppress-map map-name


                          Example:
                          Device(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.2 unsuppress map1
                           

                          (Optional) Selectively advertises routes previously suppressed by the aggregate-address command.

                          • In this example, the routes previously suppressed in Step 5 are advertised to neighbor 192.168.1.2.
                           
                          Step 7 end


                          Example:
                          Device(config-router)# end
                           

                          Exits router configuration mode and enters privileged EXEC mode.

                           

                          Suppressing Inactive Route Advertisement Using BGP

                          Perform this task to suppress the advertisement of inactive routes by BGP. In Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)S, 12.2(33)SXH, and 15.0(1)M, the bgp suppress-inactive command was introduced to configure BGP to not advertise inactive routes to any BGP peer. A BGP routing process can advertise routes that are not installed in the RIB to BGP peers by default. A route that is not installed into the RIB is an inactive route. Inactive route advertisement can occur, for example, when routes are advertised through common route aggregation.

                          Inactive route advertisements can be suppressed to provide more consistent data forwarding. This feature can be configured on a per IPv4 address family basis. For example, when specifying the maximum number of routes that can be configured in a VRF with the maximum routes global configuration command, you also suppress inactive route advertisement to prevent inactive routes from being accepted into the VRF after route limit has been exceeded.

                          Before You Begin

                          This task assumes that BGP is enabled and that peering has been established.


                          Note

                          Inactive route suppression can be configured only under the IPv4 address family or under a default IPv4 general session.

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                          SUMMARY STEPS

                            1.    enable

                            2.    configure terminal

                            3.    router bgp as-number

                            4.    address-family {ipv4 [mdt | multicast | unicast [vrf vrf-name] | vrf vrf-name] | vpnv4 [unicast]}

                            5.    bgp suppress-inactive

                            6.    end

                            7.    show ip bgp rib-failure


                          DETAILED STEPS
                             Command or ActionPurpose
                            Step 1 enable


                            Example:
                            Router> enable
                             

                            Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                            • Enter your password if prompted.
                             
                            Step 2 configure terminal


                            Example:
                            Router# configure terminal
                             

                            Enters global configuration mode.

                             
                            Step 3 router bgp as-number


                            Example:
                            Router(config)# router bgp 45000
                             

                            Enters router configuration mode and creates a BGP routing process.

                             
                            Step 4 address-family {ipv4 [mdt | multicast | unicast [vrf vrf-name] | vrf vrf-name] | vpnv4 [unicast]}


                            Example:
                            Router(config-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast
                             

                            Enter address family configuration mode to configure BGP peers to accept address family specific configurations.

                            • The example creates an IPv4 unicast address family session.
                             
                            Step 5 bgp suppress-inactive


                            Example:
                            Router(config-router-af)# bgp suppress-inactive
                             

                            Suppresses BGP advertising of inactive routes.

                            • BGP advertises inactive routes by default.
                            • Entering the no form of this command reenables the advertisement of inactive routes.
                             
                            Step 6 end


                            Example:
                            Router(config-router-af)# end
                             

                            Exits address family configuration mode and enters privileged EXEC mode.

                             
                            Step 7 show ip bgp rib-failure


                            Example:
                            Router# show ip bgp rib-failure
                             

                            (Optional) Displays BGP routes that are not installed in the RIB.

                             
                            Examples

                            The following example shows output from the show ip bgp rib-failure command displaying routes that are not installed in the RIB. The output shows that the displayed routes were not installed because a route or routes with a better administrative distance already exist in the RIB. 

                            Router# show ip bgp rib-failure
 
Network            Next Hop                      RIB-failure   RIB-NH Matches
10.1.15.0/24       10.1.35.5           Higher admin distance              n/a
10.1.16.0/24       10.1.15.1           Higher admin distance              n/a

                            Conditionally Advertising BGP Routes

                            Perform this task to conditionally advertise selected BGP routes. The routes or prefixes that will be conditionally advertised are defined in two route maps: an advertise map and either an exist map or nonexist map. The route map associated with the exist map or nonexist map specifies the prefix that the BGP speaker will track. The route map associated with the advertise map specifies the prefix that will be advertised to the specified neighbor when the condition is met.

                            • If a prefix is found to be present in the exist map by the BGP speaker, the prefix specified by the advertise map is advertised.
                            • If a prefix is found not to be present in the nonexist map by the BGP speaker, the prefix specified by the advertise map is advertised.

                            If the condition is not met, the route is withdrawn and conditional advertisement does not occur. All routes that may be dynamically advertised or not advertised must exist in the BGP routing table in order for conditional advertisement to occur. These routes are referenced from an access list or an IP prefix list.

                            SUMMARY STEPS

                              1.    enable

                              2.    configure terminal

                              3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                              4.    neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} remote-as autonomous-system-number

                              5.    neighbor ip-address advertise-map map-name {exist-map map-name | non-exist-map map-name}

                              6.    exit

                              7.    route-map map-tag [permit | deny] [sequence-number]

                              8.    match ip address {access-list-number [access-list-number... | access-list-name...] | access-list-name [access-list-number... | access-list-name] | prefix-list prefix-list-name [prefix-list-name...]}

                              9.    exit

                              10.    route-map map-tag [permit | deny] [sequence-number]

                              11.    match ip address {access-list-number [access-list-number... | access-list-name...] | access-list-name [access-list-number... | access-list-name] | prefix-list prefix-list-name [prefix-list-name...]}

                              12.    exit

                              13.    access-list access-list-number {deny | permit} source [source-wildcard] [log]

                              14.    access-list access-list-number {deny | permit} source [source-wildcard] [log]

                              15.    exit


                            DETAILED STEPS
                               Command or ActionPurpose
                              Step 1 enable


                              Example:
                              Device> enable
                               

                              Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                              • Enter your password if prompted.
                               
                              Step 2 configure terminal


                              Example:
                              Device# configure terminal
                               

                              Enters global configuration mode.

                               
                              Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                              Example:
                              Device(config)# router bgp 45000
                               

                              Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

                               
                              Step 4 neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} remote-as autonomous-system-number


                              Example:
                              Device(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as 40000
                               

                              Adds the IP address of the neighbor in the specified autonomous system to the IPv4 multiprotocol BGP neighbor table of the local device.

                               
                              Step 5 neighbor ip-address advertise-map map-name {exist-map map-name | non-exist-map map-name}


                              Example:
                              Device(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.2 advertise-map map1 exist-map map2
                               

                              Adds the IP address of the neighbor in the specified autonomous system to the IPv4 multiprotocol BGP neighbor table of the local device.

                              • In this example, the prefix (172.17.0.0) matching the ACL in the advertise map (the route map named map1) will be advertised to the neighbor only when a prefix (192.168.50.0) matching the ACL in exist map (the route-map named map2) is in the local BGP table.
                               
                              Step 6 exit


                              Example:
                              Device(config-router)# exit
                               

                              Exits router configuration mode and enters global configuration mode.

                               
                              Step 7 route-map map-tag [permit | deny] [sequence-number]


                              Example:
                              Device(config)# route-map map1 permit 10
                               

                              Configures a route map and enters route map configuration mode.

                              • In this example, a route map named map1 is created.
                               
                              Step 8 match ip address {access-list-number [access-list-number... | access-list-name...] | access-list-name [access-list-number... | access-list-name] | prefix-list prefix-list-name [prefix-list-name...]}


                              Example:
                              Device(config-route-map)# match ip address 1
                               

                              Configures the route map to match a prefix that is permitted by a standard access list, an extended access list, or a prefix list.

                              • In this example, the route map is configured to match a prefix permitted by access list 1.
                               
                              Step 9 exit


                              Example:
                              Device(config-route-map)# exit
                               

                              Exits route map configuration mode and enters global configuration mode.

                               
                              Step 10 route-map map-tag [permit | deny] [sequence-number]


                              Example:
                              Device(config)# route-map map2 permit 10
                               

                              Configures a route map and enters route map configuration mode.

                              • In this example, a route map named map2 is created.
                               
                              Step 11 match ip address {access-list-number [access-list-number... | access-list-name...] | access-list-name [access-list-number... | access-list-name] | prefix-list prefix-list-name [prefix-list-name...]}


                              Example:
                              Device(config-route-map)# match ip address 2
                               

                              Configures the route map to match a prefix that is permitted by a standard access list, an extended access list, or a prefix list.

                              • In this example, the route map is configured to match a prefix permitted by access list 2.
                               
                              Step 12 exit


                              Example:
                              Device(config-route-map)# exit
                               

                              Exits route map configuration mode and enters global configuration mode.

                               
                              Step 13 access-list access-list-number {deny | permit} source [source-wildcard] [log]


                              Example:
                              Device(config)# access-list 1 permit 172.17.0.0
                               

                              Configures a standard access list.

                              • In this example, access list 1 permits advertising of the 172.17.0.0 prefix, depending on other conditions set by the neighbor advertise-map command.
                               
                              Step 14 access-list access-list-number {deny | permit} source [source-wildcard] [log]


                              Example:
                              Device(config)# access-list 2 permit 192.168.50.0
                               

                              Configures a standard access list.

                              • In this example, access list 2 permits the 192.168.50.0 to be the prefix of the exist-map.
                               
                              Step 15 exit


                              Example:
                              Device(config)# exit
                               

                              Exits global configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

                               

                              Originating BGP Routes

                              Route aggregation is useful to minimize the size of the BGP table, but there are situations when you want to add more specific prefixes to the BGP table. Route aggregation can hide more specific routes. Using the network command as shown in the “Configuring a BGP Routing Process” section originates routes, and the following optional tasks originate BGP routes for the BGP table for different situations.

                              Advertising a Default Route Using BGP

                              Perform this task to advertise a default route to BGP peers. The default route is locally originated. A default route can be useful to simplify configuration or to prevent the device from using too many system resources. If the device is peered with an Internet service provider (ISP), the ISP will carry full routing tables, so configuring a default route into the ISP network saves resources at the local device.

                              SUMMARY STEPS

                                1.    enable

                                2.    configure terminal

                                3.    ip prefix-list list-name [seq seq-value] {deny network / length | permit network / length} [ge ge-value] [le le-value]

                                4.    route-map map-tag [permit | deny] [sequence-number]

                                5.    match ip address {access-list-number [access-list-number... | access-list-name...] | access-list-name [access-list-number... | access-list-name] | prefix-list prefix-list-name [prefix-list-name...]}

                                6.    exit

                                7.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                                8.    neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} default-originate [route-map map-name]

                                9.    end


                              DETAILED STEPS
                                 Command or ActionPurpose
                                Step 1 enable


                                Example:
                                Device> enable
                                 

                                Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                                • Enter your password if prompted.
                                 
                                Step 2 configure terminal


                                Example:
                                Device# configure terminal
                                 

                                Enters global configuration mode.

                                 
                                Step 3 ip prefix-list list-name [seq seq-value] {deny network / length | permit network / length} [ge ge-value] [le le-value]


                                Example:
                                Device(config)# ip prefix-list DEFAULT permit 10.1.1.0/24
                                 

                                Configures an IP prefix list.

                                • In this example, prefix list DEFAULT permits advertising of the 10.1.1.0/24. prefix depending on a match set by the match ip address command.
                                 
                                Step 4 route-map map-tag [permit | deny] [sequence-number]


                                Example:
                                Device(config)# route-map ROUTE
                                 

                                Configures a route map and enters route map configuration mode.

                                • In this example, a route map named ROUTE is created.
                                 
                                Step 5 match ip address {access-list-number [access-list-number... | access-list-name...] | access-list-name [access-list-number... | access-list-name] | prefix-list prefix-list-name [prefix-list-name...]}


                                Example:
                                Device(config-route-map)# match ip address prefix-list DEFAULT
                                 

                                Configures the route map to match a prefix that is permitted by a standard access list, an extended access list, or a prefix list.

                                • In this example, the route map is configured to match a prefix permitted by prefix list DEFAULT.
                                 
                                Step 6 exit


                                Example:
                                Device(config-route-map)# exit
                                 

                                Exits route map configuration mode and enters global configuration mode.

                                 
                                Step 7 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                                Example:
                                Device(config)# router bgp 40000
                                 

                                Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

                                 
                                Step 8 neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} default-originate [route-map map-name]


                                Example:
                                Device(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.3.2 default-originate
                                 

                                (Optional) Permits a BGP speaker--the local device--to send the default route 0.0.0.0 to a peer for use as a default route.

                                 
                                Step 9 end


                                Example:
                                Device(config-router)# end
                                 

                                Exits router configuration mode and enters privileged EXEC mode.

                                 
                                Troubleshooting Tips

                                Use the show ip route command on the receiving BGP peer (not on the local router) to verify that the default route has been set. In the output, verify that a line similar to the following showing the default route 0.0.0.0 is present:

                                B*   0.0.0.0/0 [20/0] via 192.168.1.2, 00:03:10

                                Conditionally Injecting BGP Routes

                                Use this task to inject more specific prefixes into a BGP routing table over less specific prefixes that were selected through normal route aggregation. These more specific prefixes can be used to provide a finer granularity of traffic engineering or administrative control than is possible with aggregated routes. For more information, see the “Conditional BGP Route Injection” section.

                                Before You Begin

                                This task assumes that the IGP is already configured for the BGP peers.

                                SUMMARY STEPS

                                  1.    enable

                                  2.    configure terminal

                                  3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                                  4.    bgp inject-map inject-map-name exist-map exist-map-name [copy-attributes]

                                  5.    exit

                                  6.    route-map map-tag [permit | deny] [sequence-number]

                                  7.    match ip address {access-list-number [access-list-number... | access-list-name...] | access-list-name [access-list-number... | access-list-name] | prefix-list prefix-list-name [prefix-list-name...]}

                                  8.    match ip route-source {access-list-number | access-list-name} [access-list-number...| access-list-name...]

                                  9.    exit

                                  10.    route-map map-tag [permit | deny] [sequence-number]

                                  11.    set ip address {access-list-number [access-list-number... | access-list-name...] | access-list-name [access-list-number... | access-list-name] | prefix-list prefix-list-name [prefix-list-name...]}

                                  12.    set community {community-number [additive] [well-known-community] | none}

                                  13.    exit

                                  14.    ip prefix-list list-name [seq seq-value] {deny network/length | permit network/length} [ge ge-value] [le le-value]

                                  15.    Repeat Step 14 for every prefix list to be created.

                                  16.    exit

                                  17.    show ip bgp injected-paths


                                DETAILED STEPS
                                   Command or ActionPurpose
                                  Step 1 enable


                                  Example:
                                  Router> enable
                                   

                                  Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                                  • Enter your password if prompted.
                                   
                                  Step 2 configure terminal


                                  Example:
                                  Router# configure terminal
                                   

                                  Enters global configuration mode.

                                   
                                  Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config)# router bgp 40000
                                   

                                  Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

                                   
                                  Step 4 bgp inject-map inject-map-name exist-map exist-map-name [copy-attributes]


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config-router)# bgp inject-map ORIGINATE exist-map LEARNED_PATH
                                   

                                  Specifies the inject map and the exist map for conditional route injection.

                                  • Use the copy-attributes keyword to specify that the injected route inherit the attributes of the aggregate route.
                                   
                                  Step 5 exit


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config-router)# exit
                                   

                                  Exits router configuration mode and enters global configuration mode.

                                   
                                  Step 6 route-map map-tag [permit | deny] [sequence-number]


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config)# route-map LEARNED_PATH permit 10
                                   

                                  Configures a route map and enters route map configuration mode.

                                   
                                  Step 7 match ip address {access-list-number [access-list-number... | access-list-name...] | access-list-name [access-list-number... | access-list-name] | prefix-list prefix-list-name [prefix-list-name...]}


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config-route-map)# match ip address prefix-list SOURCE
                                   

                                  Specifies the aggregate route to which a more specific route will be injected.

                                  • In this example, the prefix list named SOURCE is used to redistribute the source of the route.
                                   
                                  Step 8 match ip route-source {access-list-number | access-list-name} [access-list-number...| access-list-name...]


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config-route-map)# match ip route-source prefix-list ROUTE_SOURCE
                                   

                                  Specifies the match conditions for redistributing the source of the route.

                                  • In this example, the prefix list named ROUTE_SOURCE is used to redistribute the source of the route.
                                  Note   

                                  The route source is the neighbor address that is configured with the neighbor remote-as command. The tracked prefix must come from this neighbor in order for conditional route injection to occur.

                                   
                                  Step 9 exit


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config-route-map)# exit
                                   

                                  Exits route map configuration mode and enters global configuration mode.

                                   
                                  Step 10 route-map map-tag [permit | deny] [sequence-number]


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config)# route-map ORIGINATE permit 10
                                   

                                  Configures a route map and enters route map configuration mode.

                                   
                                  Step 11 set ip address {access-list-number [access-list-number... | access-list-name...] | access-list-name [access-list-number... | access-list-name] | prefix-list prefix-list-name [prefix-list-name...]}


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config-route-map)# set ip address prefix-list ORIGINATED_ROUTES
                                   

                                  Specifies the routes to be injected.

                                  • In this example, the prefix list named originated_routes is used to redistribute the source of the route.
                                   
                                  Step 12 set community {community-number [additive] [well-known-community] | none}


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config-route-map)# set community 14616:555 additive
                                   

                                  Sets the BGP community attribute of the injected route.

                                   
                                  Step 13 exit


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config-route-map)# exit
                                   

                                  Exits route map configuration mode and enters global configuration mode.

                                   
                                  Step 14 ip prefix-list list-name [seq seq-value] {deny network/length | permit network/length} [ge ge-value] [le le-value]


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config)# ip prefix-list SOURCE permit 10.1.1.0/24
                                   

                                  Configures a prefix list.

                                  • In this example, the prefix list named SOURCE is configured to permit routes from network 10.1.1.0/24.
                                   
                                  Step 15 Repeat Step 14 for every prefix list to be created.  

                                  --

                                   
                                  Step 16 exit


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config)# exit
                                   

                                  Exits global configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

                                   
                                  Step 17 show ip bgp injected-paths


                                  Example:
                                  Router# show ip bgp injected-paths
                                   

                                  (Optional) Displays information about injected paths.

                                   
                                  Examples

                                  The following sample output is similar to the output that will be displayed when the show ip bgp injected-pathscommand is entered: 

                                  Router# show ip bgp injected-paths

BGP table version is 11, local router ID is 10.0.0.1
Status codes:s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i -
internal
Origin codes:i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
   Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 172.16.0.0       10.0.0.2                               0 ?
*> 172.17.0.0/16    10.0.0.2                               0 ?
                                  Troubleshooting Tips

                                  BGP conditional route injection is based on the injection of a more specific prefix into the BGP routing table when a less specific prefix is present. If conditional route injection is not working properly, verify the following:

                                  • If conditional route injection is configured but does not occur, verify the existence of the aggregate prefix in the BGP routing table. The existence (or not) of the tracked prefix in the BGP routing table can be verified with the show ip bgpcommand.
                                  • If the aggregate prefix exists but conditional route injection does not occur, verify that the aggregate prefix is being received from the correct neighbor and the prefix list identifying that neighbor is a /32 match.
                                  • Verify the injection (or not) of the more specific prefix using the show ip bgp injected-pathscommand.
                                  • Verify that the prefix that is being injected is not outside of the scope of the aggregate prefix.
                                  • Ensure that the inject route map is configured with the set ip address command and not the match ip address command.

                                  Originating BGP Routes Using Backdoor Routes

                                  Use this task to indicate to border devices which networks are reachable using a backdoor route. A backdoor network is treated the same as a local network, except that it is not advertised. For more information, see the BGP Backdoor Routes section.

                                  Before You Begin

                                  This task assumes that the IGP (EIGRP, in this example) is already configured for the BGP peers. The configuration is done at Router B in the figure in the “BGP Backdoor Routes” section, and the BGP peer is Router D.

                                  SUMMARY STEPS

                                    1.    enable

                                    2.    configure terminal

                                    3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                                    4.    neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number

                                    5.    network ip-address backdoor

                                    6.    end


                                  DETAILED STEPS
                                     Command or ActionPurpose
                                    Step 1 enable


                                    Example:
                                    Device> enable
                                     

                                    Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                                    • Enter your password if prompted.
                                     
                                    Step 2 configure terminal


                                    Example:
                                    Device# configure terminal
                                     

                                    Enters global configuration mode.

                                     
                                    Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                                    Example:
                                    Device(config)# router bgp 45000
                                     

                                    Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

                                     
                                    Step 4 neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number


                                    Example:
                                    Device(config-router)# neighbor 172.22.1.2 remote-as 45000
                                     

                                    Adds the IP address of the neighbor in the specified autonomous system to the multiprotocol BGP neighbor table of the local device.

                                    • In this example, the peer is an internal peer as the autonomous system number specified for the peer is the same number specified in Step 3.
                                     
                                    Step 5 network ip-address backdoor


                                    Example:
                                    Device(config-router)# network 172.21.1.0 backdoor
                                     

                                    Indicates a network that is reachable through a backdoor route.

                                     
                                    Step 6 end


                                    Example:
                                    Device(config-router)# end
                                     

                                    Exits router configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

                                     

                                    Configuring a BGP Peer Group

                                    This task explains how to configure a BGP peer group. Often, in a BGP speaker, many neighbors are configured with the same update policies (that is, the same outbound route maps, distribute lists, filter lists, update source, and so on). Neighbors with the same update policies can be grouped into peer groups to simplify configuration and, more importantly, to make updating more efficient. When you have many peers, this approach is highly recommended.

                                    The three steps to configure a BGP peer group, described in the following task, are as follows:

                                    • Creating the peer group
                                    • Assigning options to the peer group
                                    • Making neighbors members of the peer group

                                    You can disable a BGP peer or peer group without removing all the configuration information using the neighbor shutdown router configuration command.


                                    Note

                                    By default, neighbors that are defined using the neighbor remote-as command in router configuration mode exchange only IPv4 unicast address prefixes. To exchange other address prefix types, such as IPv6 prefixes, neighbors must also be activated using the neighbor activate command in address family configuration mode for the other prefix types.

                                    SUMMARY STEPS

                                      1.    enable

                                      2.    configure terminal

                                      3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                                      4.    neighbor peer-group-name peer-group

                                      5.    neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number

                                      6.    neighbor ip-address peer-group peer-group-name

                                      7.    address-family ipv4 [unicast | multicast | vrf vrf-name]

                                      8.    neighbor peer-group-name activate

                                      9.    neighbor ip-address peer-group peer-group-name

                                      10.    end


                                    DETAILED STEPS
                                       Command or ActionPurpose
                                      Step 1 enable


                                      Example:
                                      Device> enable
                                       

                                      Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                                      • Enter your password if prompted.
                                       
                                      Step 2 configure terminal


                                      Example:
                                      Device# configure terminal
                                       

                                      Enters global configuration mode.

                                       
                                      Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                                      Example:
                                      Device(config)# router bgp 40000
                                       

                                      Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.

                                       
                                      Step 4 neighbor peer-group-name peer-group


                                      Example:
                                      Device(config-router)# neighbor fingroup peer-group
                                       

                                      Creates a BGP peer group.

                                       
                                      Step 5 neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number


                                      Example:
                                      Device(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.1 remote-as 45000
                                       

                                      Adds the IP address of the neighbor in the specified autonomous system to the multiprotocol BGP neighbor table of the local device.

                                       
                                      Step 6 neighbor ip-address peer-group peer-group-name


                                      Example:
                                      Device(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.1 peer-group fingroup
                                       

                                      Assigns the IP address of a BGP neighbor to a peer group.

                                       
                                      Step 7 address-family ipv4 [unicast | multicast | vrf vrf-name]


                                      Example:
                                      Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4 multicast
                                       

                                      Specifies the IPv4 address family and enters address family configuration mode.

                                      • The unicast keyword specifies the IPv4 unicast address family. This is the default.
                                      • The multicast keyword specifies that IPv4 multicast address prefixes will be exchanged.
                                      • The vrf keyword and vrf-name argument specify that IPv4 VRF instance information will be exchanged.
                                       
                                      Step 8 neighbor peer-group-name activate


                                      Example:
                                      Device(config-router-af)# neighbor fingroup activate
                                       

                                      Enables the neighbor to exchange prefixes for the IPv4 address family with the local device.

                                      Note   

                                      By default, neighbors that are defined using the neighbor remote-as command in router configuration mode exchange only unicast address prefixes. To allow BGP to exchange other address prefix types, such as multicast that is configured in this example, neighbors must also be activated using the neighbor activate command.

                                       
                                      Step 9 neighbor ip-address peer-group peer-group-name


                                      Example:
                                      Device(config-router-af)# neighbor 192.168.1.1 peer-group fingroup
                                       

                                      Assigns the IP address of a BGP neighbor to a peer group.

                                       
                                      Step 10 end


                                      Example:
                                      Device(config-router-af)# end
                                       

                                      Exits address family configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

                                       

                                      Configuring Peer Session Templates

                                      The following tasks create and configure a peer session template:

                                      Configuring a Basic Peer Session Template

                                      Perform this task to create a basic peer session template with general BGP routing session commands that can be applied to many neighbors using one of the next two tasks.


                                      Note

                                      The commands in Step 5 and 6 are optional and could be replaced with any supported general session commands.


                                      Note
                                      The following restrictions apply to the peer session templates:
                                      • A peer session template can directly inherit only one session template, and each inherited session template can also contain one indirectly inherited session template. So, a neighbor or neighbor group can be configured with only one directly applied peer session template and seven additional indirectly inherited peer session templates.
                                      • A BGP neighbor cannot be configured to work with both peer groups and peer templates. A BGP neighbor can be configured to belong only to a peer group or to inherit policies only from peer templates.
                                      SUMMARY STEPS

                                        1.    enable

                                        2.    configure terminal

                                        3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                                        4.    template peer-session session-template-name

                                        5.    remote-as autonomous-system-number

                                        6.    timers keepalive-interval hold-time

                                        7.    end

                                        8.    show ip bgp template peer-session [session-template-name]


                                      DETAILED STEPS
                                         Command or ActionPurpose
                                        Step 1 enable


                                        Example:
                                        Router> enable
                                         

                                        Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                                        • Enter your password if prompted.
                                         
                                        Step 2 configure terminal


                                        Example:
                                        Router# configure terminal
                                         

                                        Enters global configuration mode.

                                         
                                        Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                                        Example:
                                        Router(config)# router bgp 101
                                         

                                        Enters router configuration mode and creates a BGP routing process.

                                         
                                        Step 4 template peer-session session-template-name


                                        Example:
                                        Router(config-router)# template peer-session INTERNAL-BGP
                                         

                                        Enters session-template configuration mode and creates a peer session template.

                                         
                                        Step 5 remote-as autonomous-system-number


                                        Example:
                                        Router(config-router-stmp)# remote-as 202
                                         

                                        (Optional) Configures peering with a remote neighbor in the specified autonomous system.

                                        Note   

                                        Any supported general session command can be used here. For a list of the supported commands, see the “Restrictions” section.

                                         
                                        Step 6 timers keepalive-interval hold-time


                                        Example:
                                        Router(config-router-stmp)# timers 30 300
                                         

                                        (Optional) Configures BGP keepalive and hold timers.

                                        • The hold time must be at least twice the keepalive time.
                                        Note   

                                        Any supported general session command can be used here. For a list of the supported commands, see the “Restrictions” section.

                                         
                                        Step 7 end


                                        Example:
                                        Router(config-router)# end
                                         

                                        Exits session-template configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

                                         
                                        Step 8 show ip bgp template peer-session [session-template-name]


                                        Example:
                                        Router# show ip bgp template peer-session
                                         

                                        Displays locally configured peer session templates.

                                        • The output can be filtered to display a single peer policy template with the session-template-name argument. This command also supports all standard output modifiers.
                                         
                                        What to Do Next

                                        After the peer session template is created, the configuration of the peer session template can be inherited or applied by another peer session template with the inherit peer-session or neighbor inherit peer-session command.

                                        Configuring Peer Session Template Inheritance with the inherit peer-session Command

                                        This task configures peer session template inheritance with the inherit peer-session command. It creates and configures a peer session template and allows it to inherit a configuration from another peer session template.


                                        Note

                                        The commands in Steps 5 and 6 are optional and could be replaced with any supported general session commands.

                                        SUMMARY STEPS

                                          1.    enable

                                          2.    configure terminal

                                          3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                                          4.    template peer-session session-template-name

                                          5.    description text-string

                                          6.    update-source interface-type interface-number

                                          7.    inherit peer-session session-template-name

                                          8.    end

                                          9.    show ip bgp template peer-session [session-template-name]


                                        DETAILED STEPS
                                           Command or ActionPurpose
                                          Step 1 enable


                                          Example:
                                          Router> enable
                                           

                                          Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                                          • Enter your password if prompted.
                                           
                                          Step 2 configure terminal


                                          Example:
                                          Router# configure terminal
                                           

                                          Enters global configuration mode.

                                           
                                          Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                                          Example:
                                          Router(config)# router bgp 101
                                           

                                          Enters router configuration mode and creates a BGP routing process.

                                           
                                          Step 4 template peer-session session-template-name


                                          Example:
                                          Router(config-router)# template peer-session CORE1
                                           

                                          Enter session-template configuration mode and creates a peer session template.

                                           
                                          Step 5 description text-string


                                          Example:
                                          Router(config-router-stmp)# description CORE-123
                                           

                                          (Optional) Configures a description.

                                          • The text string can be up to 80 characters.
                                          Note   

                                          Any supported general session command can be used here. For a list of the supported commands, see the “Restrictions” section.

                                           
                                          Step 6 update-source interface-type interface-number


                                          Example:
                                          Router(config-router-stmp)# update-source loopback 1
                                           

                                          (Optional) Configures a router to select a specific source or interface to receive routing table updates.

                                          • The example uses a loopback interface. The advantage to this configuration is that the loopback interface is not as susceptible to the effects of a flapping interface.
                                          Note   

                                          Any supported general session command can be used here. For a list of the supported commands, see the “Restrictions” section.

                                           
                                          Step 7 inherit peer-session session-template-name


                                          Example:
                                          Router(config-router-stmp)# inherit peer-session INTERNAL-BGP
                                           

                                          Configures this peer session template to inherit the configuration of another peer session template.

                                          • The example configures this peer session template to inherit the configuration from INTERNAL-BGP. This template can be applied to a neighbor, and the configuration INTERNAL-BGP will be applied indirectly. No additional peer session templates can be directly applied. However, the directly inherited template can contain up to seven indirectly inherited peer session templates.
                                           
                                          Step 8 end


                                          Example:
                                          Router(config-router)# end
                                           

                                          Exits session-template configuration mode and enters privileged EXEC mode.

                                           
                                          Step 9 show ip bgp template peer-session [session-template-name]


                                          Example:
                                          Router# show ip bgp template peer-session
                                           

                                          Displays locally configured peer session templates.

                                          • The output can be filtered to display a single peer policy template with the optional session-template-name argument. This command also supports all standard output modifiers.
                                           
                                          What to Do Next

                                          After the peer session template is created, the configuration of the peer session template can be inherited or applied by another peer session template with the inherit peer-session or neighbor inherit peer-session command.

                                          Configuring Peer Session Template Inheritance with the neighbor inherit peer-session Command

                                          This task configures a router to send a peer session template to a neighbor to inherit the configuration from the specified peer session template with the neighbor inherit peer-session command. Use the following steps to send a peer session template configuration to a neighbor to inherit.

                                          SUMMARY STEPS

                                            1.    enable

                                            2.    configure terminal

                                            3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                                            4.    neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number

                                            5.    neighbor ip-address inherit peer-session session-template-name

                                            6.    end

                                            7.    show ip bgp template peer-session [session-template-name]


                                          DETAILED STEPS
                                             Command or ActionPurpose
                                            Step 1 enable


                                            Example:
                                            Router> enable
                                             

                                            Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                                            • Enter your password if prompted.
                                             
                                            Step 2 configure terminal


                                            Example:
                                            Router# configure terminal
                                             

                                            Enters global configuration mode.

                                             
                                            Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                                            Example:
                                            Router(config)# router bgp 101
                                             

                                            Enters router configuration mode and creates a BGP routing process.

                                             
                                            Step 4 neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number


                                            Example:
                                            Router(config-router)# neighbor 172.16.0.1 remote-as 202
                                             

                                            Configures a peering session with the specified neighbor.

                                            • The explicit remote-as statement is required for the neighbor inherit statement in Step 5 to work. If a peering is not configured, the specified neighbor in Step 5 will not accept the session template.
                                             
                                            Step 5 neighbor ip-address inherit peer-session session-template-name


                                            Example:
                                            Router(config-router)# neighbor 172.16.0.1 inherit peer-session CORE1
                                             

                                            Sends a peer session template to a neighbor so that the neighbor can inherit the configuration.

                                            • The example configures a router to send the peer session template named CORE1 to the 172.16.0.1 neighbor to inherit. This template can be applied to a neighbor, and if another peer session template is indirectly inherited in CORE1, the indirectly inherited configuration will also be applied. No additional peer session templates can be directly applied. However, the directly inherited template can also inherit up to seven additional indirectly inherited peer session templates.
                                             
                                            Step 6 end


                                            Example:
                                            Router(config-router)# end
                                             

                                            Exits router configuration mode and enters privileged EXEC mode.

                                             
                                            Step 7 show ip bgp template peer-session [session-template-name]


                                            Example:
                                            Router# show ip bgp template peer-session
                                             

                                            Displays locally configured peer session templates.

                                            • The output can be filtered to display a single peer policy template with the optional session-template-name argument. This command also supports all standard output modifiers.
                                             
                                            What to Do Next

                                            To create a peer policy template, go to the Configuring Peer Policy Templates.

                                            Configuring Peer Policy Templates

                                            Configuring Basic Peer Policy Templates

                                            Perform this task to create a basic peer policy template with BGP policy configuration commands that can be applied to many neighbors using one of the next two tasks.


                                            Note

                                            The commands in Steps 5 through 7 are optional and could be replaced with any supported BGP policy configuration commands.


                                            Note

                                            The following restrictions apply to the peer policy templates:

                                            • A peer policy template can directly or indirectly inherit up to eight peer policy templates.
                                            • A BGP neighbor cannot be configured to work with both peer groups and peer templates. A BGP neighbor can be configured to belong only to a peer group or to inherit policies only from peer templates.
                                            SUMMARY STEPS

                                              1.    enable

                                              2.    configure terminal

                                              3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                                              4.    template peer-policy policy-template-name

                                              5.    maximum-prefix prefix-limit [threshold] [restart restart-interval | warning-only]

                                              6.    weight weight-value

                                              7.    prefix-list prefix-list-name {in | out}

                                              8.    end


                                            DETAILED STEPS
                                               Command or ActionPurpose
                                              Step 1 enable


                                              Example:
                                              Device> enable
                                               

                                              Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                                              • Enter your password if prompted.
                                               
                                              Step 2 configure terminal


                                              Example:
                                              Device# configure terminal
                                               

                                              Enters global configuration mode.

                                               
                                              Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                                              Example:
                                              Device(config)# router bgp 45000
                                               

                                              Enters router configuration mode and creates a BGP routing process.

                                               
                                              Step 4 template peer-policy policy-template-name


                                              Example:
                                              Device(config-router)# template peer-policy GLOBAL
                                               

                                              Enters policy-template configuration mode and creates a peer policy template.

                                               
                                              Step 5 maximum-prefix prefix-limit [threshold] [restart restart-interval | warning-only]


                                              Example:
                                              Device(config-router-ptmp)# maximum-prefix 10000
                                               

                                              (Optional) Configures the maximum number of prefixes that a neighbor will accept from this peer.

                                              Note   

                                              Any supported BGP policy configuration command can be used here. For a list of the supported commands, see the “Peer Policy Templates” section.

                                               
                                              Step 6 weight weight-value


                                              Example:
                                              Device(config-router-ptmp)# weight 300
                                               

                                              (Optional) Sets the default weight for routes that are sent from this neighbor.

                                              Note   

                                              Any supported BGP policy configuration command can be used here. For a list of the supported commands, see the “Peer Policy Templates” section.

                                               
                                              Step 7 prefix-list prefix-list-name {in | out}


                                              Example:
                                              Device(config-router-ptmp)# prefix-list NO-MARKETING in
                                               

                                              (Optional) Filters prefixes that are received by the router or sent from the router.

                                              • The prefix list in the example filters inbound internal addresses.
                                              Note   

                                              Any supported BGP policy configuration command can be used here. For a list of the supported commands, see the “Peer Policy Templates” section.

                                               
                                              Step 8 end


                                              Example:
                                              Device(config-router-ptmp)# end
                                               

                                              Exits policy-template configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

                                               
                                              What to Do Next

                                              After the peer policy template is created, the configuration of the peer policy template can be inherited or applied by another peer policy template. For details about peer policy inheritance, see the “Configuring Peer Policy Template Inheritance with the inherit peer-policy Command” section or the “Configuring Peer Policy Template Inheritance with the neighbor inherit peer-policy Command” section.

                                              Configuring Peer Policy Template Inheritance with the inherit peer-policy Command

                                              This task configures peer policy template inheritance using the inherit peer-policycommand. It creates and configure a peer policy template and allows it to inherit a configuration from another peer policy template.

                                              When BGP neighbors use inherited peer templates, it can be difficult to determine which policies are associated with a specific template. In Cisco IOS Release 12.0(25)S, 12.4(11)T, 12.2(33)SRB, 12.2(33)SB, and later releases, the detail keyword was added to the show ip bgp template peer-policy command to display the detailed configuration of local and inherited policies associated with a specific template.


                                              Note

                                              The commands in Steps 5 and 6 are optional and could be replaced with any supported BGP policy configuration commands.

                                              SUMMARY STEPS

                                                1.    enable

                                                2.    configure terminal

                                                3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                                                4.    template peer-policy policy-template-name

                                                5.    route-map map-name {in| out}

                                                6.    inherit peer-policy policy-template-name sequence-number

                                                7.    end

                                                8.    show ip bgp template peer-policy [policy-template-name[detail]]


                                              DETAILED STEPS
                                                 Command or ActionPurpose
                                                Step 1 enable


                                                Example:
                                                Router> enable
                                                 

                                                Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                                                • Enter your password if prompted.
                                                 
                                                Step 2 configure terminal


                                                Example:
                                                Router# configure terminal
                                                 

                                                Enters global configuration mode.

                                                 
                                                Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                                                Example:
                                                Router(config)# router bgp 45000
                                                 

                                                Enters router configuration mode and creates a BGP routing process.

                                                 
                                                Step 4 template peer-policy policy-template-name


                                                Example:
                                                Router(config-router)# template peer-policy NETWORK1
                                                 

                                                Enter policy-template configuration mode and creates a peer policy template.

                                                 
                                                Step 5 route-map map-name {in| out}


                                                Example:
                                                Router(config-router-ptmp)# route-map ROUTE in
                                                 

                                                (Optional) Applies the specified route map to inbound or outbound routes.

                                                Note   

                                                Any supported BGP policy configuration command can be used here. For a list of the supported commands, see the Peer Policy Templates.

                                                 
                                                Step 6 inherit peer-policy policy-template-name sequence-number


                                                Example:
                                                Router(config-router-ptmp)# inherit peer-policy GLOBAL 10
                                                 

                                                Configures the peer policy template to inherit the configuration of another peer policy template.

                                                • The sequence-number argument sets the order in which the peer policy template is evaluated. Like a route map sequence number, the lowest sequence number is evaluated first.
                                                • The example configures this peer policy template to inherit the configuration from GLOBAL. If the template created in these steps is applied to a neighbor, the configuration GLOBAL will also be inherited and applied indirectly. Up to six additional peer policy templates can be indirectly inherited from GLOBAL for a total of eight directly applied and indirectly inherited peer policy templates.
                                                • This template in the example will be evaluated first if no other templates are configured with a lower sequence number.
                                                 
                                                Step 7 end


                                                Example:
                                                Router(config-router-ptmp)# end
                                                 

                                                Exits policy-template configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

                                                 
                                                Step 8 show ip bgp template peer-policy [policy-template-name[detail]]


                                                Example:
                                                Router# show ip bgp template peer-policy NETWORK1 detail
                                                 

                                                Displays locally configured peer policy templates.

                                                • The output can be filtered to display a single peer policy template with the policy-template-name argument. This command also supports all standard output modifiers.
                                                • Use the detail keyword to display detailed policy information.
                                                Note   

                                                The detail keyword is supported only in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(25)S, 12.4(11)T, 12.2(33)SRB, 12.2(33)SB, and later releases.

                                                 
                                                Examples

                                                The following sample output of the show ip bgp template peer-policy command with the detail keyword displays details of the policy named NETWORK1. The output in this example shows that the GLOBAL template was inherited. Details of route map and prefix list configurations are also displayed. 

                                                Router# show ip bgp template peer-policy NETWORK1 detail
Template:NETWORK1, index:2.
Local policies:0x1, Inherited polices:0x80840
This template inherits: 
  GLOBAL, index:1, seq_no:10, flags:0x1
Locally configured policies: 
  route-map ROUTE in
Inherited policies: 
  prefix-list NO-MARKETING in
  weight 300
  maximum-prefix 10000
 Template:NETWORK1 <detail>
Locally configured policies: 
  route-map ROUTE in
route-map ROUTE, permit, sequence 10
  Match clauses:
    ip address prefix-lists: DEFAULT 
ip prefix-list DEFAULT: 1 entries
   seq 5 permit 10.1.1.0/24
  Set clauses:
  Policy routing matches: 0 packets, 0 bytes
Inherited policies: 
  prefix-list NO-MARKETING in
ip prefix-list NO-MARKETING: 1 entries
   seq 5 deny 10.2.2.0/24

                                                Configuring Peer Policy Template Inheritance with the neighbor inherit peer-policy Command

                                                This task configures a router to send a peer policy template to a neighbor to inherit using the neighbor inherit peer-policy command. Perform the following steps to send a peer policy template configuration to a neighbor to inherit.

                                                When BGP neighbors use multiple levels of peer templates, it can be difficult to determine which policies are applied to the neighbor. In Cisco IOS Release 12.0(25)S, 12.4(11)T, 12.2(33)SRB, 12.2(33)SB, and later releases, the policy and detail keywords were added to the show ip bgp neighbors command to display the inherited policies and policies configured directly on the specified neighbor.

                                                SUMMARY STEPS

                                                  1.    enable

                                                  2.    configure terminal

                                                  3.    router bgp autonomous-system-number

                                                  4.    neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number

                                                  5.    address-family ipv4 [multicast | unicast | vrf vrf-name]

                                                  6.    neighbor ip-address inherit peer-policy policy-template-name

                                                  7.    end

                                                  8.    show ip bgp neighbors [ip-address[policy [detail]]]


                                                DETAILED STEPS
                                                   Command or ActionPurpose
                                                  Step 1 enable


                                                  Example:
                                                  Router> enable
                                                   

                                                  Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                                                  • Enter your password if prompted.
                                                   
                                                  Step 2 configure terminal


                                                  Example:
                                                  Router# configure terminal
                                                   

                                                  Enters global configuration mode.

                                                   
                                                  Step 3 router bgp autonomous-system-number


                                                  Example:
                                                  Router(config)# router bgp 45000
                                                   

                                                  Enters router configuration mode and creates a BGP routing process.

                                                   
                                                  Step 4 neighbor ip-address remote-as autonomous-system-number


                                                  Example:
                                                  Router(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as 40000
                                                   

                                                  Configures a peering session with the specified neighbor.

                                                  • The explicit remote-as statement is required for the neighbor inherit statement in Step 6 to work. If a peering is not configured, the specified neighbor in Step 6 will not accept the session template.
                                                   
                                                  Step 5 address-family ipv4 [multicast | unicast | vrf vrf-name]


                                                  Example:
                                                  Router(config-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast
                                                   

                                                  Enters address family configuration mode to configure a neighbor to accept address family-specific command configurations.

                                                   
                                                  Step 6 neighbor ip-address inherit peer-policy policy-template-name


                                                  Example:
                                                  Router(config-router-af)# neighbor 192.168.1.2 inherit peer-policy GLOBAL
                                                   

                                                  Sends a peer policy template to a neighbor so that the neighbor can inherit the configuration.

                                                  • The example configures a router to send the peer policy template named GLOBAL to the 192.168.1.2 neighbor to inherit. This template can be applied to a neighbor, and if another peer policy template is indirectly inherited from GLOBAL, the indirectly inherited configuration will also be applied. Up to seven additional peer policy templates can be indirectly inherited from GLOBAL.
                                                   
                                                  Step 7 end


                                                  Example:
                                                  Router(config-router-af)# end
                                                   

                                                  Exits address family configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

                                                   
                                                  Step 8 show ip bgp neighbors [ip-address[policy [detail]]]


                                                  Example:
                                                  Router# show ip bgp neighbors 192.168.1.2 policy
                                                   

                                                  Displays locally configured peer policy templates.

                                                  • The output can be filtered to display a single peer policy template with the policy-template-name argument. This command also supports all standard output modifiers.
                                                  • Use the policy keyword to display the policies applied to this neighbor per address family.
                                                  • Use the detail keyword to display detailed policy information.
                                                  • The policy and detail keywords are supported only in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(25)S, 12.4(11)T, 12.2(33)SRB, 12.2(33)SB, and later releases.
                                                  Note   

                                                  Only the syntax required for this task is shown. For more details, see the Cisco IOS IP Routing: BGP Command Reference.

                                                   
                                                  Examples

                                                  The following sample output shows the policies applied to the neighbor at 192.168.1.2. The output displays both inherited policies and policies configured on the neighbor device. Inherited polices are policies that the neighbor inherits from a peer-group or a peer-policy template. 

                                                  Router# show ip bgp neighbors 192.168.1.2 policy
Neighbor: 192.168.1.2, Address-Family: IPv4 Unicast
Locally configured policies:
 route-map ROUTE in
Inherited polices:
 prefix-list NO-MARKETING in
 route-map ROUTE in
 weight 300
 maximum-prefix 10000

                                                  Monitoring and Maintaining BGP Dynamic Update Groups

                                                  Use this task to clear and display information about the processing of dynamic BGP update groups. The performance of BGP update message generation is improved with the use of BGP update groups. With the configuration of the BGP peer templates and the support of the dynamic BGP update groups, the network operator no longer needs to configure peer groups in BGP and can benefit from improved configuration flexibility and system performance. For information about using BGP peer templates, see the “Configuring Peer Session Templates” and “Configuring Peer Policy Templates” sections.

                                                  SUMMARY STEPS

                                                    1.    enable

                                                    2.    clear ip bgp update-group [index-group | ip-address]

                                                    3.    show ip bgp replication [index-group | ip-address]

                                                    4.    show ip bgp update-group [index-group | ip-address] [summary]


                                                  DETAILED STEPS
                                                     Command or ActionPurpose
                                                    Step 1 enable


                                                    Example:
                                                    Device> enable
                                                     

                                                    Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                                                    • Enter your password if prompted.
                                                     
                                                    Step 2 clear ip bgp update-group [index-group | ip-address]


                                                    Example:
                                                    Device# clear ip bgp update-group 192.168.2.2
                                                     

                                                    Clears BGP update group membership and recalculate BGP update groups.

                                                    • In the example provided, the membership of neighbor 192.168.2.2 is cleared from an update group.
                                                     
                                                    Step 3 show ip bgp replication [index-group | ip-address]


                                                    Example:
                                                    Device# show ip bgp replication
                                                     

                                                    Displays update replication statistics for BGP update groups.

                                                     
                                                    Step 4 show ip bgp update-group [index-group | ip-address] [summary]


                                                    Example:
                                                    Device# show ip bgp update-group
                                                     

                                                    Displays information about BGP update groups.

                                                     

                                                    Troubleshooting Tips

                                                    Use the debug ip bgp groups command to display information about the processing of BGP update groups. Information can be displayed for all update groups, an individual update group, or a specific BGP neighbor. The output of this command can be very verbose. This command should not be deployed in a production network unless your are troubleshooting a problem.

                                                    Configuration Examples for a Basic BGP Network

                                                    Example: Configuring a BGP Process and Customizing Peers

                                                    The following example shows the configuration for Router B in the figure above (in the “Customizing a BGP Peer” section) with a BGP process configured with two neighbor peers (at Router A and at Router E) in separate autonomous systems. IPv4 unicast routes are exchanged with both peers and IPv4 multicast routes are exchanged with the BGP peer at Router E.

                                                    Router B

                                                    router bgp 45000
 bgp router-id 172.17.1.99
 no bgp default ipv4-unicast
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 timers bgp 70 120
 neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as 40000
 neighbor 192.168.3.2 remote-as 50000
 neighbor 192.168.3.2 description finance
 !
 address-family ipv4
  neighbor 192.168.1.2 activate
  neighbor 192.168.3.2 activate
  no auto-summary
  no synchronization
  network 172.17.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
  exit-address-family
 !
 address-family ipv4 multicast
  neighbor 192.168.3.2 activate
  neighbor 192.168.3.2 advertisement-interval 25
  no auto-summary
  no synchronization
  network 172.17.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
  exit-address-family

                                                    Examples: Configuring a BGP Routing Process and Peers Using 4-Byte Autonomous System Numbers

                                                    Asplain Format

                                                    The following example shows the configuration for Router A, Router B, and Router E in the figure below with a BGP process configured between three neighbor peers (at Router A, at Router B, and at Router E) in separate 4-byte autonomous systems configured using asplain notation. IPv4 unicast routes are exchanged with all peers.

                                                    Figure 4. BGP Peers Using 4-Byte Autonomous System Numbers in Asplain Format

                                                    Router A

                                                    router bgp 65536
 bgp router-id 10.1.1.99
 no bgp default ipv4-unicast
 bgp fast-external-fallover
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 timers bgp 70 120
 neighbor 192.168.1.1 remote-as 65538
 !
 address-family ipv4
  neighbor 192.168.1.1 activate
  no auto-summary
  no synchronization
  network 10.1.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
  exit-address-family

                                                    Router B

                                                    router bgp 65538
 bgp router-id 172.17.1.99
 no bgp default ipv4-unicast
 bgp fast-external-fallover
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 timers bgp 70 120
 neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as 65536
 neighbor 192.168.3.2 remote-as 65550
 neighbor 192.168.3.2 description finance
 !
 address-family ipv4
  neighbor 192.168.1.2 activate
  neighbor 192.168.3.2 activate
  no auto-summary
  no synchronization
  network 172.17.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
  exit-address-family

                                                    Router E

                                                    router bgp 65550
 bgp router-id 10.2.2.99
 no bgp default ipv4-unicast
 bgp fast-external-fallover
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 timers bgp 70 120
 neighbor 192.168.3.1 remote-as 65538
 !
 address-family ipv4
  neighbor 192.168.3.1 activate
  no auto-summary
  no synchronization
  network 10.2.2.0 mask 255.255.255.0
  exit-address-family

                                                    Asdot Format

                                                    The following example shows how to create the configuration for Router A, Router B, and Router E in the figure below with a BGP process configured between three neighbor peers (at Router A, at Router B, and at Router E) in separate 4-byte autonomous systems configured using the default asdot format. IPv4 unicast routes are exchanged with all peers.

                                                    Figure 5. BGP Peers Using 4-Byte Autonomous System Numbers in Asdot Format

                                                    Router A

                                                    router bgp 1.0
 bgp router-id 10.1.1.99
 no bgp default ipv4-unicast
 bgp fast-external-fallover
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 timers bgp 70 120
 neighbor 192.168.1.1 remote-as 1.2
 !
 address-family ipv4
  neighbor 192.168.1.1 activate
  no auto-summary
  no synchronization
  network 10.1.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
  exit-address-family

                                                    Router B

                                                    router bgp 1.2
 bgp router-id 172.17.1.99
 no bgp default ipv4-unicast
 bgp fast-external-fallover
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 timers bgp 70 120
 neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as 1.0
 neighbor 192.168.3.2 remote-as 1.14
 neighbor 192.168.3.2 description finance
 !
 address-family ipv4
  neighbor 192.168.1.2 activate
  neighbor 192.168.3.2 activate
  no auto-summary
  no synchronization
  network 172.17.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
  exit-address-family

                                                    Router E

                                                    router bgp 1.14
 bgp router-id 10.2.2.99
 no bgp default ipv4-unicast
 bgp fast-external-fallover
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 timers bgp 70 120
 neighbor 192.168.3.1 remote-as 1.2
 !
 address-family ipv4
  neighbor 192.168.3.1 activate
  no auto-summary
  no synchronization
  network 10.2.2.0 mask 255.255.255.0
  exit-address-family

                                                    Examples: Configuring a VRF and Setting an Extended Community Using a BGP 4-Byte Autonomous System Number

                                                    Asplain Default Format in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(32)SY8, 12.0(33)S3, 12.2(33)SRE, 12.2(33)SXI1, and Later Releases

                                                    The following example is available in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(32)SY8, 12.0(33)S3, 12.2(33)SRE, 12.2(33)XNE, 12.2(33)SXI1, and later releases and shows how to create a VRF with a route-target that uses a 4-byte autonomous system number, 65537, and how to set the route target to extended community value 65537:100 for routes that are permitted by the route map. 

                                                    ip vrf vpn_red
 rd 64500:100
 route-target both 65537:100 
 exit
route-map red_map permit 10
 set extcommunity rt 65537:100
 end

                                                    After the configuration is completed, use the show route-map command to verify that the extended community is set to the route target that contains the 4-byte autonomous system number of 65537. 

                                                    RouterB# show route-map red_map
route-map red_map, permit, sequence 10
  Match clauses:
  Set clauses:
    extended community RT:65537:100
  Policy routing matches: 0 packets, 0 bytes

                                                    Asdot Default Format in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(32)S12, and 12.4(24)T

                                                    The following example is available in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(32)S12, and 12.4(24)T and shows how to create a VRF with a route-target that uses a 4-byte autonomous system number, 1.1, and how to set the route target to extended community value 1.1:100 for routes that are permitted by the route map.


                                                    Note

                                                    In Cisco IOS Release 12.0(32)SY8, 12.0(33)S3, 12.2(33)SXI1, and later releases, this example works if you have configured asdot as the default display format using the bgp asnotation dot command. 

                                                    ip vrf vpn_red
 rd 64500:100
 route-target both 1.1:100 
 exit
route-map red_map permit 10
 set extcommunity rt 1.1:100
 end

                                                    After the configuration is completed, use the show route-map command to verify that the extended community is set to the route target that contains the 4-byte autonomous system number of 1.1. 

                                                    RouterB# show route-map red_map
route-map red_map, permit, sequence 10
  Match clauses:
  Set clauses:
    extended community RT:1.1:100
  Policy routing matches: 0 packets, 0 bytes

                                                    Example: NLRI to AFI Configuration

                                                    The following example upgrades an existing router configuration file in the NLRI format to the AFI format and set the router CLI to use only commands in the AFI format: 

                                                    router bgp 60000
 bgp upgrade-cli

                                                    The show running-config command can be used in privileged EXEC mode to verify that an existing router configuration file has been upgraded from the NLRI format to the AFI format. The following sections provide sample output from a router configuration file in the NLRI format, and the same router configuration file after it has been upgraded to the AFI format with the bgp upgrade-cli command in router configuration mode.


                                                    Note

                                                    After a router has been upgraded from the AFI format to the NLRI format with the bgp upgrade-clicommand, NLRI commands will no longer be accessible or configurable.

                                                    Router Configuration File in NLRI Format Before Upgrading

                                                    The following sample output is from the show running-config command in privileged EXEC mode. The sample output shows a router configuration file, in the NLRI format, prior to upgrading to the AFI format with the bgp upgrade-cli command. The sample output is filtered to show only the affected portion of the router configuration. 

                                                    Router# show running-config | begin bgp

router bgp 101
 no synchronization
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 neighbor 10.1.1.1 remote-as 505 nlri unicast multicast
 no auto-summary
!
ip default-gateway 10.4.9.1
ip classless
!
!
route-map REDISTRIBUTE-MULTICAST permit 10
 match ip address prefix-list MULTICAST-PREFIXES
 set nlri multicast
!
route-map MULTICAST-PREFIXES permit 10
!
route-map REDISTRIBUTE-UNICAST permit 20
 match ip address prefix-list UNICAST-PREFIXES
 set nlri unicast 
!
!
!
line con 0
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
 password PASSWORD
 login
!
end

                                                    Router Configuration File in AFI Format After Upgrading

                                                    The following sample output shows the router configuration file after it has been upgraded to the AFI format. The sample output is filtered to show only the affected portion of the router configuration file. 

                                                    Router# show running-config | begin bgp

router bgp 101
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 neighbor 10.1.1.1 remote-as 505
 no auto-summary
 !
 address-family ipv4 multicast
  neighbor 10.1.1.1 activate
  no auto-summary
  no synchronization
  exit-address-family
 !
 address-family ipv4
  neighbor 10.1.1.1 activate
  no auto-summary
  no synchronization
  exit-address-family
!
ip default-gateway 10.4.9.1
ip classless
!
!
route-map REDISTRIBUTE-MULTICAST_mcast permit 10
 match ip address prefix-list MULTICAST-PREFIXES
!
route-map REDISTRIBUTE-MULTICAST permit 10
 match ip address prefix-list MULTICAST-PREFIXES
!
route-map MULTICAST-PREFIXES permit 10
!
route-map REDISTRIBUTE-UNICAST permit 20
 match ip address prefix-list UNICAST-PREFIXES
!
!
!
line con 0
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
 password PASSWORD
 login
!
end

                                                    Examples: Removing BGP Configuration Commands Using a Redistribution Example

                                                    The following examples show first the CLI configuration to enable the redistribution of BGP routes into EIGRP using a route map and then the CLI configuration to remove the redistribution and route map. Some BGP configuration commands can affect other CLI commands and this example demonstrates how the removal of one command affects another command.

                                                    In the first configuration example, a route map is configured to match and set autonomous system numbers. BGP neighbors in three different autonomous systems are configured and activated. An EIGRP routing process is started, and the redistribution of BGP routes into EIGRP using the route map is configured.

                                                    CLI to Enable BGP Route Redistribution Into EIGRP

                                                    route-map bgp-to-eigrp permit 10
 match tag 50000
 set tag 65000
 exit
router bgp 45000
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 address-family ipv4
  neighbor 172.16.1.2 remote-as 45000
  neighbor 172.21.1.2 remote-as 45000
  neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as 40000
  neighbor 192.168.3.2 remote-as 50000
  neighbor 172.16.1.2 activate
  neighbor 172.21.1.2 activate
  neighbor 192.168.1.2 activate
  neighbor 192.168.3.2 activate
  network 172.17.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0
  exit-address-family
 exit
router eigrp 100
 redistribute bgp 45000 metric 10000 100 255 1 1500 route-map bgp-to-eigrp
 no auto-summary
 exit

                                                    In the second configuration example, both the route-map command and the redistribute command are disabled. If only the route-map command is removed, it does not automatically disable the redistribution. The redistribution will now occur without any matching or filtering. To remove the redistribution configuration, the redistribute command must also be disabled.

                                                    CLI to Remove BGP Route Redistribution Into EIGRP

                                                    configure terminal
 no route-map bgp-to-eigrp 
 router eigrp 100
  no redistribute bgp 45000 
  end

                                                    Examples: BGP Soft Reset

                                                    The following examples show two ways to reset the connection for BGP peer 192.168.1.1.

                                                    Example: Dynamic Inbound Soft Reset

                                                    The following example shows the command used to initiate a dynamic soft reconfiguration in the BGP peer 192.168.1.1. This command requires that the peer support the route refresh capability. 

                                                    clear ip bgp 192.168.1.1 soft in

                                                    Example: Inbound Soft Reset Using Stored Information

                                                    The following example shows how to enable inbound soft reconfiguration for the neighbor 192.168.1.1. All the updates received from this neighbor will be stored unmodified, regardless of the inbound policy. When inbound soft reconfiguration is performed later, the stored information will be used to generate a new set of inbound updates. 

                                                    router bgp 100
 neighbor 192.168.1.1 remote-as 200
 neighbor 192.168.1.1 soft-reconfiguration inbound

                                                    The following example clears the session with the neighbor 192.168.1.1: 

                                                    clear ip bgp 192.168.1.1 soft in

                                                    Example: Resetting BGP Peers Using 4-Byte Autonomous System Numbers

                                                    The following examples show how to clear BGP peers belonging to an autonomous system that uses 4-byte autonomous system numbers. The initial state of the BGP routing table is shown using the show ip bgp command, and peers in 4-byte autonomous systems 65536 and 65550 are displayed. 

                                                    RouterB# show ip bgp 
 
BGP table version is 4, local router ID is 172.17.1.99
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal,
              r RIB-failure, S Stale
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
   Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 10.1.1.0/24      192.168.1.2              0             0 65536  i
*> 10.2.2.0/24      192.168.3.2              0             0 65550  i
*> 172.17.1.0/24    0.0.0.0                  0         32768 i

                                                    The clear ip bgp 65550 command is entered to remove all BGP peers in the 4-byte autonomous system 65550. The ADJCHANGE message shows that the BGP peer at 192.168.3.2 is being reset. 

                                                    RouterB# clear ip bgp 65550
RouterB#
*Nov 30 23:25:27.043: %BGP-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 192.168.3.2 Down User reset

                                                    The show ip bgp command is entered again, and only the peer in 4-byte autonomous systems 65536 is now displayed. 

                                                    RouterB# show ip bgp

BGP table version is 5, local router ID is 172.17.1.99
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal,
              r RIB-failure, S Stale
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
   Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 10.1.1.0/24      192.168.1.2              0             0 65536  i
*> 172.17.1.0/24    0.0.0.0                  0         32768 i

                                                    Almost immediately, the next ADJCHANGE message shows that the BGP peer at 192.168.3.2 (in the 4-byte autonomous system 65550) is now back up. 

                                                    RouterB#
*Nov 30 23:25:55.995: %BGP-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 192.168.3.2 Up

                                                    Example: Resetting and Displaying Basic BGP Information

                                                    The following example shows how to reset and display basic BGP information.

                                                    The clear ip bgp * command clears and resets all the BGP neighbor sessions. In Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)S and later releases, the syntax is clear ip bgp all. Specific neighbors or all peers in an autonomous system can be cleared by using the neighbor-address and autonomous-system-number arguments. If no argument is specified, this command will clear and reset all BGP neighbor sessions.


                                                    Note

                                                    The clear ip bgp * command also clears all the internal BGP structures which makes it useful as a troubleshooting tool. 

                                                    Router# clear ip bgp *

                                                    The show ip bgp command is used to display all the entries in the BGP routing table. The following example displays BGP routing table information for the 10.1.1.0 network: 

                                                    Router# show ip bgp 10.1.1.0 255.255.255.0

BGP routing table entry for 10.1.1.0/24, version 2
Paths: (1 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
  Advertised to update-groups:
     1         
  40000
    192.168.1.2 from 192.168.1.2 (10.1.1.99)
      Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, external, best

                                                    The show ip bgp neighbors command is used to display information about the TCP and BGP connections to neighbors. The following example displays the routes that were advertised from Router B in the figure above (in the “Configuring a BGP Peer for the IPv4 VRF Address Family” section) to its BGP neighbor 192.168.3.2 on Router E: 

                                                    Router# show ip bgp neighbors 192.168.3.2 advertised-routes

BGP table version is 3, local router ID is 172.17.1.99
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal,
              r RIB-failure, S Stale
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
   Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 10.1.1.0/24      192.168.1.2              0             0 40000 i
*> 172.17.1.0/24    0.0.0.0                  0         32768 i
Total number of prefixes 2

                                                    The show ip bgp pathscommand is used to display all the BGP paths in the database. The following example displays BGP path information for Router B in the figure above (in the “Customizing a BGP Peer” section): 

                                                    Router# show ip bgp paths

Address    Hash Refcount Metric Path
0x2FB5DB0     0        5      0 i
0x2FB5C90     1        4      0 i
0x2FB5C00  1361        2      0 50000 i
0x2FB5D20  2625        2      0 40000 i

                                                    The show ip bgp summarycommand is used to display the status of all BGP connections. The following example displays BGP routing table information for Router B in the figure above (in the “Customizing a BGP Peer” section: 

                                                    Router# show ip bgp summary

BGP router identifier 172.17.1.99, local AS number 45000
BGP table version is 3, main routing table version 3
2 network entries using 234 bytes of memory
2 path entries using 104 bytes of memory
4/2 BGP path/bestpath attribute entries using 496 bytes of memory
2 BGP AS-PATH entries using 48 bytes of memory
0 BGP route-map cache entries using 0 bytes of memory
0 BGP filter-list cache entries using 0 bytes of memory
BGP using 882 total bytes of memory
BGP activity 14/10 prefixes, 16/12 paths, scan interval 60 secs
Neighbor        V    AS MsgRcvd MsgSent   TblVer  InQ OutQ Up/Down  State/PfxRcd
192.168.1.2     4 40000     667     672        3    0    0 00:03:49        1
192.168.3.2     4 50000     468     467        0    0    0 00:03:49 (NoNeg)

                                                    Examples: Aggregating Prefixes Using BGP

                                                    The following examples show how you can use aggregate routes in BGP either by redistributing an aggregate route into BGP or by using the BGP conditional aggregation routing feature.

                                                    In the following example, the redistribute static router configuration command is used to redistribute aggregate route 10.0.0.0: 

                                                    ip route 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 null 0
!
router bgp 100
 redistribute static

                                                    The following configuration shows how to create an aggregate entry in the BGP routing table when at least one specific route falls into the specified range. The aggregate route will be advertised as coming from your autonomous system and has the atomic aggregate attribute set to show that information might be missing. (By default, atomic aggregate is set unless you use the as-set keyword in the aggregate-address router configuration command.) 

                                                    router bgp 100
 aggregate-address 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0

                                                    The following example shows how to create an aggregate entry using the same rules as in the previous example, but the path advertised for this route will be an AS_SET consisting of all elements contained in all paths that are being summarized: 

                                                    router bgp 100
 aggregate-address 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 as-set

                                                    The following example shows how to create the aggregate route for 10.0.0.0 and also suppress advertisements of more specific routes to all neighbors: 

                                                    router bgp 100
 aggregate-address 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 summary-only

                                                    The following example configures BGP to not advertise inactive routes: 

                                                    Device(config)# router bgp 50000
Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast
Device(config-router-af)# bgp suppress-inactive
Device(config-router-af)# end

                                                    The following example configures a maximum route limit in the VRF named RED and configures BGP to not advertise inactive routes through the VRF named RED: 

                                                    Device(config)# ip vrf RED
Device(config-vrf)# rd 50000:10
Device(config-vrf)# maximum routes 1000 10
Device(config-vrf)# exit
Device(config)# router bgp 50000
Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4 vrf RED
Device(config-router-af)# bgp suppress-inactive
Device(config-router-af)# end

                                                    Example: Configuring a BGP Peer Group

                                                    The following example shows how to use an address family to configure a peer group so that all members of the peer group are both unicast- and multicast-capable: 

                                                    router bgp 45000
 neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as 40000
 neighbor 192.168.3.2 remote-as 50000
 address-family ipv4 unicast
  neighbor mygroup peer-group
  neighbor 192.168.1.2 peer-group mygroup
  neighbor 192.168.3.2 peer-group mygroup
router bgp 45000
 neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as 40000
 neighbor 192.168.3.2 remote-as 50000
 address-family ipv4 multicast
  neighbor mygroup peer-group
  neighbor 192.168.1.2 peer-group mygroup
  neighbor 192.168.3.2 peer-group mygroup
  neighbor 192.168.1.2 activate
  neighbor 192.168.3.2 activate

                                                    Example: Configuring Peer Session Templates

                                                    The following example creates a peer session template named INTERNAL-BGP in session-template configuration mode: 

                                                    router bgp 45000
 template peer-session INTERNAL-BGP
 remote-as 50000
 timers 30 300
 exit-peer-session

                                                    The following example creates a peer session template named CORE1. This example inherits the configuration of the peer session template named INTERNAL-BGP. 

                                                    router bgp 45000
 template peer-session CORE1
 description CORE-123
 update-source loopback 1
 inherit peer-session INTERNAL-BGP
 exit-peer-session

                                                    The following example configures the 192.168.3.2 neighbor to inherit the CORE1 peer session template. The 192.168.3.2 neighbor will also indirectly inherit the configuration from the peer session template named INTERNAL-BGP. The explicit remote-as statement is required for the neighbor inherit statement to work. If a peering is not configured, the specified neighbor will not accept the session template. 

                                                    router bgp 45000
 neighbor 192.168.3.2 remote-as 50000
 neighbor 192.168.3.2 inherit peer-session CORE1

                                                    Examples: Configuring Peer Policy Templates

                                                    The following example creates a peer policy template named GLOBAL and enters policy-template configuration mode: 

                                                    router bgp 45000
 template peer-policy GLOBAL
  weight 1000
  maximum-prefix 5000
  prefix-list NO_SALES in
  exit-peer-policy

                                                    The following example creates a peer policy template named PRIMARY-IN and enters policy-template configuration mode: 

                                                    router bgp 45000
 template peer-policy PRIMARY-IN
  prefix-list ALLOW-PRIMARY-A in
  route-map SET-LOCAL in
  weight 2345
  default-originate
  exit-peer-policy

                                                    The following example creates a peer policy template named CUSTOMER-A. This peer policy template is configured to inherit the configuration from the peer policy templates named PRIMARY-IN and GLOBAL. 

                                                    router bgp 45000
 template peer-policy CUSTOMER-A
  route-map SET-COMMUNITY in
  filter-list 20 in 
  inherit peer-policy PRIMARY-IN 20
  inherit peer-policy GLOBAL 10
  exit-peer-policy

                                                    The following example configures the 192.168.2.2 neighbor in address family mode to inherit the peer policy template named CUSTOMER-A. Assuming this example is a continuation of the example above, because the peer policy template named CUSTOMER-A above inherited the configuration from the templates named PRIMARY-IN and GLOBAL, the 192.168.2.2 neighbor will also indirectly inherit the peer policy templates named PRIMARY-IN and GLOBAL. 

                                                    router bgp 45000
 neighbor 192.168.2.2 remote-as 50000
 address-family ipv4 unicast
  neighbor 192.168.2.2 inherit peer-policy CUSTOMER-A
  end

                                                    Examples: Monitoring and Maintaining BGP Dynamic Update Peer-Groups

                                                    No configuration is required to enable the BGP dynamic update of peer groups and the algorithm runs automatically. The following examples show how BGP update group information can be cleared or displayed.

                                                    clear ip bgp update-group Example

                                                    The following example clears the membership of neighbor 10.0.0.1 from an update group: 

                                                    Router# clear ip bgp update-group 10.0.0.1

                                                    debug ip bgp groups Example

                                                    The following example output from the debug ip bgp groups command shows the recalculation of update groups after the clear ip bgp groups command was issued: 

                                                    Router# debug ip bgp groups 

5w4d: %BGP-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 10.4.9.5 Down User reset
5w4d: BGP-DYN(0): Comparing neighbor 10.4.9.5 flags 0x0 cap 0x0 and updgrp 2 fl0
5w4d: BGP-DYN(0): Update-group 2 flags 0x0 cap 0x0 policies same as 10.4.9.5 fl0
5w4d: %BGP-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 10.4.9.8 Down User reset
5w4d: BGP-DYN(0): Comparing neighbor 10.4.9.8 flags 0x0 cap 0x0 and updgrp 2 fl0
5w4d: BGP-DYN(0): Update-group 2 flags 0x0 cap 0x0 policies same as 10.4.9.8 fl0
5w4d: %BGP-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 10.4.9.21 Down User reset
5w4d: BGP-DYN(0): Comparing neighbor 10.4.9.21 flags 0x0 cap 0x0 and updgrp 1 f0
5w4d: BGP-DYN(0): Update-group 1 flags 0x0 cap 0x0 policies same as 10.4.9.21 f0
5w4d: %BGP-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 10.4.9.5 Up 
5w4d: %BGP-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 10.4.9.21 Up 
5w4d: %BGP-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 10.4.9.8 Up

                                                    show ip bgp replication Example

                                                    The following sample output from the show ip bgp replication command shows update group replication information for all for neighbors: 

                                                    Router# show ip bgp replication 

BGP Total Messages Formatted/Enqueued : 0/0
     Index     Type  Members          Leader   MsgFmt  MsgRepl  Csize  Qsize
         1 internal        1       10.4.9.21        0        0      0      0
         2 internal        2        10.4.9.5        0        0      0      0

                                                    show ip bgp update-group Example

                                                    The following sample output from the show ip bgp update-group command shows update group information for all neighbors: 

                                                    Router# show ip bgp update-group

BGP version 4 update-group 1, internal, Address Family: IPv4 Unicast
  BGP Update version : 0, messages 0/0
  Route map for outgoing advertisements is COST1
  Update messages formatted 0, replicated 0
  Number of NLRIs in the update sent: max 0, min 0
  Minimum time between advertisement runs is 5 seconds
  Has 1 member:
  10.4.9.21 
BGP version 4 update-group 2, internal, Address Family: IPv4 Unicast
  BGP Update version : 0, messages 0/0
  Update messages formatted 0, replicated 0
  Number of NLRIs in the update sent: max 0, min 0
  Minimum time between advertisement runs is 5 seconds
  Has 2 members:
  10.4.9.5 10.4.9.8

                                                    Where to Go Next

                                                    • If you want to connect to an external service provider, see the “Connecting to a Service Provider Using External BGP” module.
                                                    • To configure BGP neighbor session options, proceed to the “Configuring BGP Neighbor Session Options” module.
                                                    • If you want to configure some iBGP features, see the “Configuring Internal BGP Features” module.

                                                    Additional References

                                                    Related Documents

                                                    Related Topic

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                                                    Cisco IOS commands

                                                    Cisco IOS Master Command List, All Releases

                                                    BGP commands

                                                    Cisco IOS IP Routing: BGP Command Reference

                                                    IPv6 commands: complete command syntax, command mode, defaults, usage guidelines, and examples

                                                    Cisco IOS IPv6 Command Reference

                                                    Overview of Cisco BGP conceptual information with links to all the individual BGP modules

                                                    “Cisco BGP Overview” module in the IP Routing: BGP Configuration Guide

                                                    Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and BGP configuration example using the IPv4 VRF address family

                                                    “MPLS VPN Inter-AS with ASBRs Exchanging IPv4 Routes and MPLS Labels” module in the MPLS: Layer 3 VPNs: Inter-AS and CSC Configuration Guide

                                                    Standards

                                                    Standard

                                                    Title

                                                    MDT SAFI

                                                    MDT SAFI

                                                    MIBs

                                                    MIB

                                                    MIBs Link

                                                    CISCO-BGP4-MIB

                                                    To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL:

                                                    http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​go/​mibs

                                                    RFCs

                                                    RFC

                                                    Title

                                                    RFC 1772

                                                    Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet

                                                    RFC 1773

                                                    Experience with the BGP Protocol

                                                    RFC 1774

                                                    BGP-4 Protocol Analysis

                                                    RFC 1930

                                                    Guidelines for Creation, Selection, and Registration of an Autonomous System (AS)

                                                    RFC 2519

                                                    A Framework for Inter-Domain Route Aggregation

                                                    RFC 2858

                                                    Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4

                                                    RFC 2918

                                                    Route Refresh Capability for BGP-4

                                                    RFC 3392

                                                    Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4

                                                    RFC 4271

                                                    A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)

                                                    RFC 4893

                                                    BGP Support for Four-octet AS Number Space

                                                    RFC 5396

                                                    Textual Representation of Autonomous system (AS) Numbers

                                                    RFC 5398

                                                    Autonomous System (AS) Number Reservation for Documentation Use

                                                    Technical Assistance

                                                    Description

                                                    Link

                                                    The Cisco Support and Documentation website provides online resources to download documentation, software, and tools. Use these resources to install and configure the software and to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues with Cisco products and technologies. Access to most tools on the Cisco Support and Documentation website requires a Cisco.com user ID and password.

                                                    http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​cisco/​web/​support/​index.html

                                                    Feature Information for Configuring a Basic BGP Network

                                                    The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.

                                                    Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco software image support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to www.cisco.com/​go/​cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

                                                    Table 2 Feature Information for Configuring a Basic BGP Network

                                                    Feature Name

                                                    Releases

                                                    Feature Configuration Information

                                                    BGP Conditional Route Injection

                                                    12.0(22)S

                                                    12.2(4)T

                                                    12.2(14)S

                                                    15.0(1)S

                                                    Cisco IOS XE 3.1.0SG

                                                    The BGP Conditional Route Injection feature allows you to inject more specific prefixes into a BGP routing table over less specific prefixes that were selected through normal route aggregation. These more specific prefixes can be used to provide a finer granularity of traffic engineering or administrative control than is possible with aggregated routes.

                                                    BGP Configuration Using Peer Templates

                                                    12.0(24)S

                                                    12.2(18)S

                                                    12.2(27)SBC

                                                    12.3(4)T

                                                    15.0(1)S

                                                    The BGP Configuration Using Peer Templates feature introduces a new mechanism that groups distinct neighbor configurations for BGP neighbors that share policies. This type of policy configuration has been traditionally configured with BGP peer groups. However, peer groups have certain limitations because peer group configuration is bound to update grouping and specific session characteristics. Configuration templates provide an alternative to peer group configuration and overcome some of the limitations of peer groups.

                                                    BGP Dynamic Update Peer Groups

                                                    12.0(24)S

                                                    12.2(18)S

                                                    12.2(27)SBC

                                                    12.3(4)T

                                                    15.0(1)S

                                                    Cisco IOS XE 3.1.0SG

                                                    The BGP Dynamic Update Peer Groups feature introduces a new algorithm that dynamically calculates and optimizes update groups of neighbors that share the same outbound policies and can share the same update messages. In previous versions of Cisco IOS software, BGP update messages were grouped based on peer-group configurations. This method of grouping updates limited outbound policies and specific-session configurations. The BGP Dynamic Update Peer Group feature separates update group replication from peer group configuration, which improves convergence time and flexibility of neighbor configuration.

                                                    BGP Hybrid CLI

                                                    12.0(22)S

                                                    12.2(15)T

                                                    15.0(1)S

                                                    The BGP Hybrid CLI feature simplifies the migration of BGP networks and existing configurations from the NLRI format to the AFI format. This new functionality allows the network operator to configure commands in the AFI format and save these command configurations to existing NLRI formatted configurations. The feature provides the network operator with the capability to take advantage of new features and provides support for migration from the NLRI format to the AFI format.

                                                    Suppress BGP Advertisement for Inactive Routes

                                                    12.2(25)S

                                                    12.2(33)SXH

                                                    15.0(1)M

                                                    15.0(1)S

                                                    The Suppress BGP Advertisements for Inactive Routes feature allows you to configure the suppression of advertisements for routes that are not installed in the Routing Information Base (RIB). Configuring this feature allows Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) updates to be more consistent with data used for traffic forwarding.