R3166-R3206-HP High-End Firewalls Network Management Configuration Guide-6PW101
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Network NextHop MED LocPrf PrefVal Path/Ogn
*>i 10.0.0.0 3.3.3.3 50 0 200e
* i 10.0.0.0 2.2.2.2 50 0 300e
* i 1.1.1.1 60 0 200e
BGP load balancing cannot be implemented because load balanced routes must have the same AS-path
attribute.
Follow these steps to enable the comparison of MED of routes from each AS:
To do… Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view system-view
—
Enter BGP view bgp as-number
—
Enable the comparison of MED of routes
from each AS
bestroute compare-med
Optional
Not enabled by default
4. Enable the comparison of MED of routes from confederation peers
Follow these steps to enable the comparison of MED of routes from confederation peers:
To do… Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view system-view
—
Enter BGP view bgp as-number
—
Enable the comparison of MED of routes
from confederation peers
bestroute med-confederation
Optional
Not enabled by default
NOTE:
The MED attributes of routes from confederation peers are not compared if their AS-path attributes contain
A
S numbers that do not belong to the confederation, such as these three routes: AS-path attributes of them
are 65006 65009, 65007 65009, and 65008 65009, and MED values of them are 2, 3, and 1. Because
the third route contains an AS number that does not belon
g
to the confederation, the first route becomes
the optimal route.
Configuring the next hop attribute
By default, when advertising routes to an iBGP peer/peer group, a BGP router does not set itself as the
next hop. However, to ensure a BGP peer can find the correct next hop in some cases, you need to
configure the router as the next hop for routes sent to the peer.
For example, as shown in the figure below, Router A and Router B establish an eBGP neighbor
relationship, and Router B and Router C establish an iBGP neighbor relationship. When Router B
advertises a network learned from Router A to Router C, if Router C has no route to IP address 1.1.1.1/24,
you need to configure Router B to set itself as the next hop (3.1.1.1/24) for the route to be sent to Router
C.