3Com Switch 8800 Advanced Software V5 Configuration Guide

434 CHAPTER 35: BGP CONFIGURATION
RFC1997: BGP Communities Attribute
RFC2796: BGP Route Reflection
RFC3065: Autonomous System Confederations for BGP
Features in draft stage include Graceful Restart and extended community
attributes.
BGP Configuration
Task List
To configure BGP, perform the tasks described in the following sections:
Configuring BGP Basic
Functions
The section describes BGP basic configuration.
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■ This section does not differentiate between BGP and MP-BGP.
■ Since BGP employs TCP, you need to specify IP addresses of peers, which may
not be neighboring routers.
■ Using logical links can also establish BGP peer relationships.
Task Description
“Configuring BGP Basic Functions” on page 434 Required
“Controlling Route Distribution
and Reception” on page 436
“Configuring BGP Route
Redistribution” on page 436
Optional
“Configuring BGP Route
Summarization” on page 437
Optional
“Advertising a Default Route
to a Peer or Peer Group” on
page 437
Optional
“Configuring BGP Route
Distribution Policy” on page
438
Optional
“Configuring BGP Route
Reception Policy” on page
438
Optional
“Enabling BGP and IGP Route
Synchronization” on page
439
Optional
“Configuring BGP Route
Dampening” on page 440
Optional
“Configuring BGP Routing Attributes” on page 440 Required
“Tuning and Optimizing BGP Networks” on page 442 Required
“Configuring a Large Scale BGP
Network” on page 444
“Configuring BGP Peer
Groups” on page 444
Optional
“Configuring BGP
Community” on page 445
Optional
“Configuring a BGP Route
Reflector” on page 446
Optional
“Configuring a BGP
Confederation” on page 446
Optional