Configuring Bgp Basic Functions; Configuration Prerequisites; Creating A Bgp Connection - HP 3600 v2 series Configuration Manual

Task
Tuning and optimizing BGP
networks
Configuring a large scale
BGP network
Configuring BGP GR
Enabling trap
Enabling logging of peer state changes
Configuring BFD for BGP

Configuring BGP basic functions

NOTE:
This section does not differentiate between BGP and MP-BGP.

Configuration prerequisites

The neighboring nodes are accessible to each other at the network layer.

Creating a BGP connection

A router ID is the unique identifier of a BGP router in an AS.
To ensure the uniqueness of a router ID and enhance network reliability, you can specify in BGP
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view the IP address of a local loopback interface as the router ID.
If no router ID is specified in BGP view, the global router ID is used.
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If the global router ID is used and then it is removed, the system will select a new router ID.
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If the router ID is specified in BGP view, using the undo router-id command can make the system
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select a new router ID.
Configuring the BGP keepalive interval and
holdtime
Configuring the interval for sending the same
update
Configuring BGP soft-reset
Enabling the BGP ORF capability
Enabling 4-byte AS number suppression
Enabling quick eBGP session reestablishment
Enabling MD5 authentication for TCP connections
Configuring BGP load balancing
Forbiding session establishment with a peer or
peer group
Configuring BGP peer groups
Configuring BGP community
Configuring a BGP route reflector
Configuring a BGP confederation
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