HP VPN Firewall Appliances Network Management Configuration Guide

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hen creating a mixed EBGP peer group, you must create a peer and specify its AS number, which can
be different from AS numbers of other peers; however, you cannot specify an AS number for the EBGP
peer group.
Configuring IPv6 BGP community
Advertising community attribute to an IPv6 peer or peer group
Ste
p
Command Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view N/A
2. Enter BGP view.
bgp as-number N/A
3. Enter IPv6 address family view.
ipv6-family N/A
4. Advertise COMMUNITY attribute
to an IPv6 peer or peer group.
peer { ipv6-group-name |
ipv6-address } advertise-community
Not advertised by default.
5. Advertise extended community
attribute to an IPv6 peer or peer
group.
peer { ipv6-group-name |
ipv6-address }
advertise-ext-community
Not advertised by default.
Applying a routing policy to routes advertised to a peer or peer group
When configuring IPv6 BGP community, you must configure a routing policy to define the COMMUNITY
attribute, and apply the routing policy to route advertisement.
For routing policy configuration, see "Configuring routing policies."
To apply a routing policy to routes advertised to a peer or peer group:
Ste
p
Command Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view N/A
2. Enter BGP view.
bgp as-number N/A
3. Enter IPv6 address family view.
ipv6-family N/A
4. Apply a routing policy to routes
advertised to an IPv6 peer or peer group.
peer { ipv6-group-name |
ipv6-address } route-policy
route-policy-name export
Not applied by default.
Configuring an IPv6 BGP route reflector
In general, because the route reflector forwards routing information between clients, you are not required
to make clients of a route reflector fully meshed. If clients are fully meshed, HP recommends disabling
route reflection between clients to reduce routing costs.
If a cluster has multiple route reflectors, you must specify the same cluster ID for these route reflectors to
avoid routing loops.
To configure an IPv6 BGP route reflector: