HP VPN Firewall Appliances Network Management Configuration Guide

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Ste
p
Command
Remarks
2. Enter BGP view or BGP-VPN
instance view.
Enter BGP view:
bgp as-number
Enter BGP-VPN instance view:
a. bgp as-number
b. ipv4-family vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
Use either method.
3. Enable quick reestablishment of
direct EBGP session.
ebgp-interface-sensitive
Optional.
Not enabled by default.
Enabling MD5 authentication for BGP peers
You can enable MD5 authentication to enhance security in the following ways:
Perform MD5 authentication when establishing TCP connections. Only the two parties that have the
same password configured can establish TCP connections.
Perform MD5 calculation on TCP packets to avoid modification to the encapsulated BGP packets.
To enable MD5 authentication for BGP peers:
Ste
p
Command
Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view N/A
2. Enter BGP view or BGP-VPN
instance view.
Enter BGP view:
bgp as-number
Enter BGP-VPN instance view:
a. bgp as-number
b. ipv4-family vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
Use either method.
3. Enable MD5 authentication
for BGP peers.
peer { group-name | ip-address } password
{ cipher | simple } password
Not enabled by default.
Configuring BGP load balancing
If multiple BGP routes that have the same AS_PATH, ORIGIN, LOCAL_PREF, and MED attributes to a
destination exist, you can use the balance command to configure the maximum number of BGP routes for
load balancing to improve link utilization.
To configure BGP load balancing:
Ste
p
Command
Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2. Enter BGP view or BGP-VPN
instance view.
Enter BGP view:
bgp as-number
Enter BGP-VPN instance view:
a. bgp as-number
b. ipv4-family vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
Use either method.
3. Configure the maximum number
of BGP routes for load balancing.
balance [ ebgp | ibgp ] number
By default, load balancing is
not enabled.