F3726, F3211, F3174, R5135, R3816-HP Firewalls and UTM Devices Network Management Configuration Guide-6PW100

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32BConfiguring BGP
The term "router" in this document refers to both routers and routing-capable firewalls and UTM devices.
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Feature and hardware compatibility
Hardware BGP com
p
atible
F1000-A-EI/F1000-S-EI Yes
F1000-E Yes
F5000 Yes
Firewall module Yes
U200-A Yes
U200-S No
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Overview
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is an exterior gateway protocol (EGP). It is called internal BGP (IBGP)
when it runs within an autonomous system (AS) and called external BGP (EBGP) when it runs between
ASs.
The current version in use is BGP-4 (RFC 4271). BGP refers to BGP-4 in this chapter.
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Configuring BGP in the Web interface
703BRecommended configuration procedure
The Web interface supports configuring only basic BGP functions, such as enabling BGP, configuring
BGP peers, and enabling BGP to redistribute static routes. To control BGP route generation and
advertisement and BGP path selection, perform the configurations at the command line interface (CLI).
Ste
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Remarks
453. 2648HConfiguring BGP globally
Required.
Enable BGP and specify an AS number, and
configure BGP to redistribute static routes.
454. 2649HConfiguring BGP peer
Required.
Configure the IP address and AS number for the BGP
peer.
455. 2650HDisplaying BGP peer information
Optional.
Display the IP address, AS number, version and
current state of the BGP peer.