Users Guide

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BGP
Dell EMC Networking N3000E-ON, N3100-ON, and N3200-ON
Series Switches
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a standardized exterior gateway path-
vector or distance-vector protocol. BGP makes routing decisions based upon
paths and network policies configured by the administrator.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Overview
BGP Operations
BGP Limitations
BGP Configuration Examples
The following terms and acronyms are used in this chapter.
NOTE: This feature is not available on Dell EMC Networking N1100-ON, N1500,
N2000, N2100-ON and N2200-ON Series switches.
Table 38-1. BGP-Related Terms
Term Definition
Accept-RIB-In The collection of routing information that has passed inbound
policy and been accepted as candidate BGP routes.
Adj-RIB-In The collection of routing information received from peers
Adj-RIB-Out The collection of routing information sent to peers
AS Autonomous System
ASN Autonomous System Number
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
eBGP Exterior Border Gateway Protocol
iBGP Interior Border Gateway Protocol
MED Multi Exit Discriminator