Enabling Md5 Authentication For Bgp Peers; Configuring Bgp Load Balancing - HP MSR Series Configuration Manual

Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enter BGP view or BGP-VPN
instance view.
3. Enable quick reestablishment
of direct EBGP session.

Enabling MD5 authentication for BGP peers

You can enable MD5 authentication to enhance security in the following ways:
• Perform MD5 authentication when establishing TCP connections. Only the two parties that have the
same password configured can establish TCP connections.
Perform MD5 calculation on TCP packets to avoid modification to the encapsulated BGP packets.
•
To enable MD5 authentication for BGP peers:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enter BGP view or BGP-VPN
instance view.
3. Enable MD5 authentication
for BGP peers.

Configuring BGP load balancing

If multiple BGP routes that have the same AS_PATH, ORIGIN, LOCAL_PREF, and MED attributes to a
destination exist, you can use the balance command to configure the maximum number of BGP routes for
load balancing to improve link utilization.
To configure BGP load balancing:
Step
1. Enter system view.
Command
system-view
•
Enter BGP view:
bgp as-number
•
Enter BGP-VPN instance view:
a. bgp as-number
b. ipv4-family vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
ebgp-interface-sensitive
Command
system-view
•
Enter BGP view:
bgp as-number
•
Enter BGP-VPN instance view:
a. bgp as-number
b. ipv4-family vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
peer { group-name | ip-address }
password { cipher | simple }
password
Command
system-view
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Remarks
N/A
Use either method.
Optional.
Not enabled by default.
Remarks
N/A
Use either method.
Not enabled by default.
Remarks
N/A