Chapter 29: Border Gateway Protocol; Licensing - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare XOS Guide Manual

29 Border Gateway Protocol
This chapter covers the following topics:
Overview on page 568
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BGP Attributes on page 568
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BGP Communities on page 568
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BGP Features on page 569
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This chapter describes how to configure the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), an exterior routing
protocol available on the switch.
For more information on BGP, refer to the following documents:
RFC 1771—Border Gateway Protocol version 4 (BGP-4)
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RFC 1965—Autonomous System Confederations for BGP
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RFC 1966—BGP Route Reflection
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RFC 1997—BGP Communities Attribute
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RFC 1745—BGP/IDRP for IP—OSPF Interaction
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RFC 2385—Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5 Signature Option
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RFC 2439—BGP Route Flap Damping
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RFC 2796—BGP Route Reflection - An Alternative to Full Mesh IBGP
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RFC 2842—Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4
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RFC 2858—Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
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RFC 2918—Route Refresh Capability for BGP-4
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NOTE
ExtremeWare XOS supports BGP version 4 only.
NOTE
Although the CLI commands are available, this release of ExtremeWare XOS does not support the MBGP/Route-
refresh features.

Licensing

BGP requires a Core license, at a minimum. The BGP process will not spawn without the required
license level. The MSM-1XL is shipped with an Advanced Core license and the MSM-1 is shipped with
a Core license. Other platforms can be upgraded to a Core license. See the section
on page 33 for more information about licensing.
ExtremeWare XOS 11.3 Concepts Guide
"Software Licensing"
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