Owners Manual

Version Description
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series. Added support for the 4-byte
format
Usage
Information
To accept 4-byte formats before entering a 4-byte AS number, configure your
system. All the routers in the Confederation must be 4 byte or 2 byte identified
routers. You cannot mix them.
The autonomous systems configured in this command are visible to the EBGP
neighbors. Each autonomous system is fully meshed and contains a few
connections to other autonomous systems. The next hop, MED, and local
preference information is preserved throughout the confederation.
Dell Networking OS accepts confederation EBGP peers without a LOCAL_PREF
attribute. The software sends AS_CONFED_SET and accepts AS_CONFED_SET and
AS_CONF_SEQ.
If a local-as is configured, BGP does not allow for the configuration of BGP
confederation. Similarly, if BGP confederation is configured, then BGP does not
allow the configuration of local-as.
If the neighbor is an eBGP neighbor, then BGP performs a check on the first AS
number. In this scenario, it is mandatory that the first sequence in the AS path is of
type AS_SEQUENCE or AS_CONFED_SEQUENCE (in the case of confederations). If
the first entry appears as an AS_CONFED_SET and the neighbor is not in the local
AS, then this is strictly a problem with the neighbor node.
This command automatically restarts the BGP instance for the configuration to
take effect.
Related
Commands
bgp four-octet-as-support — enables 4-byte support for the BGP process.
bgp confederation peers
Specify the autonomous systems (ASs) that belong to the BGP confederation.
S4820T
Syntax
bgp confederation peers as-number [...as-number]
To return to the default, use the no bgp confederation peers command.
Parameters
as-number Enter the AS number. The range is from 0 to 65535 (2 byte),
from 1 to 4294967295 (4 byte), or from 0.1 to 65535.65535
(dotted format).
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Border Gateway Protocol