Bgp Autonomous Systems; 4-Byte As Number Support; Administrative Distance; Chapter 10 Configuring Basic Bgp - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Information About Basic BGP
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BGP selects a single path, by default, as the best path to a destination host or network. Each path carries
well-known mandatory, well-known discretionary, and optional transitive attributes that are used in BGP
best-path analysis. You can influence BGP path selection by altering some of these attributes by
configuring BGP policies. See the
for more information.
BGP also supports load balancing or equal-cost multipath (ECMP). See the
Multipath" section on page 11-7
To deploy and configure basic BGP in your network, you should understand the following concepts:
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BGP Autonomous Systems

An
system forms a routing domain with one or more interior gateway protocols (IGPs) and a consistent set
of routing policies. BGP supports 16-bit and 32-bit autonomous system numbers. For more information,
see the
Separate BGP autonomous systems dynamically exchange routing information through external BGP
(eBGP) peering sessions. BGP speakers within the same autonomous system can exchange routing
information through internal BGP (iBGP) peering sessions.

4-Byte AS Number Support

BGP supports 2-byte or 4-byte AS numbers. Cisco NX-OS displays 4-byte AS numbers in plain-text
notation (that is, as 32-bit integers). You can configure 4-byte AS numbers as either plain-text notation
(for example, 1 to 4294967295), or AS.dot notation (for example, 1.0). For more information, see the
"Autonomous Systems" section on page

Administrative Distance

An administrative distance
BGP uses the administrative distances shown in
Table 10-1
Distance
External
Internal
Local
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 4.x
10-2
BGP Autonomous Systems, page 10-2
Administrative Distance, page 10-2
BGP Peers, page 10-3
BGP Router Identifier, page 10-4
BGP Path Selection, page 10-4
BGP and the Unicast RIB, page 10-7
BGP Virtualization, page 10-7
autonomous system (AS) is a network controlled by a single administration entity. An autonomous
"Autonomous Systems" section on page
is a rating of the trustworthiness of a routing information source. By default,
BGP Default Administrative Distances
Default Value
20
200
200
"Route Policies and Resetting BGP Sessions" section on page 11-3
for more information.
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1-5.
Table 10-1.
Function
Applied to routes learned from eBGP.
Applied to routes learned from iBGP.
Applied to routes originated by the router.
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