Configuring Bgp Load Balancing; Forbidding Session Establishment With A Peer Or Peer Group - HPE FlexNetwork HSR6800 Configuration Manual

Step
Enter BGP view or
2.
BGP-VPN instance view.
Enable MD5 authentication
3.
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
Enter system view.
1.
Enter BGP view or
2.
BGP-VPN instance view.
Configure the maximum
3.
number of BGP routes for
load balancing.

Forbidding session establishment with a peer or peer group

This task allows you to temporarily tear down the BGP session to a specific peer or peer group. To
recover the session, execute the undo peer ignore command. In this way, you can implement
network upgrade and maintenance without deleting and then configuring the peer or peer group.
To forbid session establishment with a peer or peer group:
Step
Enter system view.
1.
Command
•
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
•
Enter BGP view:
bgp as-number
•
Enter BGP-VPN instance
view:
a. bgp as-number
b. ipv4-family
vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
balance [ ebgp | ibgp ] number
Command
system-view
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Remarks
Use either method.
Not enabled by default.
Remarks
N/A
Use either method.
By default, load balancing is not
enabled.
Remarks
N/A