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BGP Configuration Guide for Cisco 8000 Series Routers, Cisco IOS XR Releases

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BGP Configuration Guide for Cisco 8000 Series Routers, Cisco IOS XR Releases

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Updated:
November 14, 2025

Book Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • YANG Data Models for BGP Features
  • Service Layer API for BGP Features
  • Introduction to BGP and Deployment Prerequisites
  • Enabling and Setting up BGP
  • Core BGP Configurations
  • BGP Path Selection and Route Preference
  • BGP Routing Optimisation and Convergence Techniques
  • BGP Next-Hop Processing
  • BGP Neighbor and Session Configuration
  • BGP Prefix Management and Session Parameters
  • BGP Link-State Mechanisms and Update Groups
  • BGP Default Limits and Multiprotocol Address Handling
  • BGP Dynamic Neighbors and Resource Management
  • BGP Multipath and Load Balancing Techniques
  • High-scale BGP Multipath and Load Balancing
  • BGP DMZ Bandwidth Management
  • Route Filtering and Policy Enforcement
  • Route Dampening and ECMP Stability Mechanisms
  • Handling BGP Slow Peers
  • Label Allocation and MPLS Support
  • BGP Flowspec
  • BGP Session Security Mechanisms
  • Monitoring and Debugging
  • Graceful Maintenance

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