R3303-HP HSR6800 Routers Layer 3 - IP Routing Configuration Guide

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If you configure a BGP setting for a peer group and a peer in the group, the last configuration takes
effect.
Complete the following tasks to configure BGP:
Task Remarks
Configuring basic BGP
Enabling BGP Required.
Configuring a BGP peer Perform one of the tasks.
HP recommends that you
configure BGP peer groups
on large scale BGP
networks for easy
configuration and
maintenance.
Configuring a BGP peer group
Configuring the BGP dynamic peer feature
Specifying the source interface for TCP
connections
Optional.
Controlling route
generation
Injecting a local network
Required.
Use at least one method.
Redistributing IGP routes
Controlling route
distribution and reception
Configuring BGP route summarization
Optional.
Advertising a default route to a peer or peer
group
Configuring BGP route distribution/reception
filtering policies
Enabling BGP and IGP route synchronization
Limiting prefixes received from a peer or peer
group
Configuring BGP route dampening
Controlling BGP path
selection
Specifying a preferred value for routes received Optional.
Configuring preferences for BGP routes Optional.
Configure the default local preference Optional.
Configuring the MED attribute Optional.
Configuring the NEXT_HOP attribute Optional.
Configuring the AS_PATH attribute Optional.
Tuning and optimizing BGP
networks
Configuring the BGP keepalive interval and
holdtime
Optional.
Configuring the interval for sending the same
update
Optional.
Enabling the BGP ORF capability Optional.
Enabling 4-byte AS number suppression Optional.
Enabling quick reestablishment of direct EBGP
session
Optional.
Enabling MD5 authentication for BGP peers Optional.
Configuring BGP load balancing Optional.