Administrator Guide

to affect interdomain routing. By identifying certain ASN in the AS_PATH, you can permit or deny routes
based on the number in its AS_PATH.
AS-PATH ACLs use regular expressions to search AS_PATH values. AS-PATH ACLs have an “implicit deny.”
This means that routes that do not meet a deny or match filter are dropped.
To configure an AS-PATH ACL to filter a specific AS_PATH value, use these commands in the following
sequence.
1. Assign a name to a AS-PATH ACL and enter AS-PATH ACL mode.
CONFIGURATION mode
ip as-path access-list as-path-name
2. Enter the parameter to match BGP AS-PATH for filtering.
CONFIG-AS-PATH mode
{deny | permit} filter parameter
This is the filter that is used to match the AS-path. The entries can be any format, letters, numbers, or
regular expressions.
You can enter this command multiple times if multiple filters are desired.
For accepted expressions, refer to Regular Expressions as Filters.
3. Return to CONFIGURATION mode.
AS-PATH ACL mode
exit
4. Enter ROUTER BGP mode.
CONFIGURATION mode
router bgp as-number
5. Use a configured AS-PATH ACL for route filtering and manipulation.
CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP mode
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} filter-list as-path-name {in | out}
If you assign an non-existent or empty AS-PATH ACL, the software allows all routes.
Example of the show ip bgp paths Command
To view all BGP path attributes in the BGP database, use the show ip bgp paths command in EXEC
Privilege mode.
Dell#show ip bgp paths
Total 30655 Paths
Address Hash Refcount Metric Path
0x4014154 0 3 18508 701 3549 19421 i
0x4013914 0 3 18508 701 7018 14990 i
0x5166d6c 0 3 18508 209 4637 1221 9249 9249 i
0x5e62df4 0 2 18508 701 17302 i
0x3a1814c 0 26 18508 209 22291 i
0x567ea9c 0 75 18508 209 3356 2529 i
0x6cc1294 0 2 18508 209 1239 19265 i
198
Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)