3Com Switch 8800 Advanced Software V5 Configuration Guide

Configuring IPv6 BGP Basic Functions 471
Configuring IPv6 BGP
Basic Functions
Prerequisites Before configuring this task, you need to:
■ Specify IP addresses for interfaces.
■ Enable IPv6.
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You need create a peer group before configuring basic functions for it. For related
information, refer to
“Configuring IPv6 BGP Peer Group” on page 480.
Configuring an IPv6 Peer To configure an IPv6 peer, use the following commands:
Advertising a Local IPv6
Route
To advertise a local route into the routing table, use the following commands:
“Tuning and Optimizing IPv6
BGP Networks” on page 478
“Configuring IPv6 BGP
Timers” on page 479
Optional
“Configuring IPv6 BGP Soft
Reset” on page 479
Optional
“Configuring the Maximum
Number of Equal Cost
Routes” on page 480
Optional
“Configuring a Large Scale
IPv6 BGP Network” on page
480
“Configuring IPv6 BGP Peer
Group” on page 480
Optional
“Configuring IPv6 BGP
Community” on page 482
Optional
“Configuring an IPv6 BGP
Route Reflector” on page 482
Optional
Task Description
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view system-view -
Enter BGP view bgp as-number Required
Not enabled by default
Specify a router ID router-id router-id Optional
Required if no IP addresses
configured for Loopback
interface and other interfaces
Enter IPv6 address family view ipv6-family -
Specify an IPv6 peer and its AS
number
peer ipv6-address
as-number as-number
Required
Not configured by default
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view system-view -
Enter BGP view bgp as-number Required
Enter IPv6 address family view ipv6-family -