R3166-R3206-HP High-End Firewalls Network Management Configuration Guide-6PW101

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BGP configuration
The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a dynamic inter-AS Exterior Gateway Protocol. An autonomous
system (AS) refers to a group of routers that share the same routing policy and work under the same
administration. The three early BGP versions are BGP-1 (RFC 1105), BGP-2 (RFC 1163), and BGP-3 (RFC
1267). The current version in use is BGP-4 (RFC 4271), which is the Internet exterior gateway protocol.
Configuring BGP in the web interface
Configuration prerequisites
Before configuring BGP, you need to configure the link layer protocol and IP addresses for interfaces,
making neighboring nodes accessible to each other at the network layer.
Configuration overview
Complete the following tasks to configure BGP:
Table 62 BGP configuration task list
Task Remarks
Enable BGP
Configuring BGP
globally
Required
Enable BGP and specify an AS number.
Import static routes
Configuring BGP
globally
Optional
Configure BGP
to redistribute static routes.
Configuring BGP peer
Required
Configure the IP address and AS number for the BGP peer.
Displaying BGP peer information
Optional
Display the IP address, AS number, version and current
state of the BGP peer.
Configuring BGP globally
Select Network > Routing Management > BGP from the navigation tree to enter the BGP configuration
page, as shown in Figure 170.