Specifications

ExtremeWare XOS 11.0 Concepts Guide 291
17 Exterior Gateway Routing Protocols
This chapter covers the following topics:
• Overview on page 292
• BGP Attributes on page 292
• BGP Communities on page 292
• BGP Features on page 293
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)
• RFC 1965—Autonomous System Confederations for BGP
• RFC 1966—BGP Route Reflection
• RFC 1997—BGP Communities Attribute
• RFC 1745—BGP/IDRP for IP—OSPF Interaction
• RFC 2385—Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5 Signature Option
• RFC 2439—BGP Route Flap Damping
• RFC 2796—BGP Route Reflection - An Alternative to Full Mesh IBGP
• RFC 2842—Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4
• RFC 2858—Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
• RFC 2918—Route Refresh Capability for BGP-4
NOTE
ExtremeWare XOS supports BGP version 4 only.