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10 @acronym{BGP} stands for a Border Gateway Protocol. The lastest BGP version
11 is 4. It is referred as BGP-4. BGP-4 is one of the Exterior Gateway
12 Protocols and de-fact standard of Inter Domain routing protocol.
13 BGP-4 is described in @cite{RFC1771, A Border Gateway Protocol
16 Many extensions have been added to @cite{RFC1771}. @cite{RFC2858,
17 Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4} provides multiprotocol support to
27 * BGP Address Family::
29 * BGP Communities Attribute::
30 * BGP Extended Communities Attribute::
31 * Displaying BGP routes::
32 * Capability Negotiation::
35 * How to set up a 6-Bone connection::
36 * Dump BGP packets and table::
37 * BGP Configuration Examples::
43 Default configuration file of @command{bgpd} is @file{bgpd.conf}.
44 @command{bgpd} searches the current directory first then
45 @value{INSTALL_PREFIX_ETC}/bgpd.conf. All of bgpd's command must be
46 configured in @file{bgpd.conf}.
48 @command{bgpd} specific invocation options are described below. Common
49 options may also be specified (@pxref{Common Invocation Options}).
53 @itemx --bgp_port=@var{PORT}
54 Set the bgp protocol's port number.
58 When program terminates, retain BGP routes added by zebra.
62 Specify a specific IP address for bgpd to listen on, rather than its
63 default of INADDR_ANY / IN6ADDR_ANY. This can be useful to constrain bgpd
64 to an internal address, or to run multiple bgpd processes on one host.
71 First of all you must configure BGP router with @command{router bgp}
72 command. To configure BGP router, you need AS number. AS number is an
73 identification of autonomous system. BGP protocol uses the AS number
74 for detecting whether the BGP connection is internal one or external one.
76 @deffn Command {router bgp @var{asn}} {}
77 Enable a BGP protocol process with the specified @var{asn}. After
78 this statement you can input any @code{BGP Commands}. You can not
79 create different BGP process under different @var{asn} without
80 specifying @code{multiple-instance} (@pxref{Multiple instance}).
83 @deffn Command {no router bgp @var{asn}} {}
84 Destroy a BGP protocol process with the specified @var{asn}.
87 @deffn {BGP} {bgp router-id @var{A.B.C.D}} {}
88 This command specifies the router-ID. If @command{bgpd} connects to @command{zebra} it gets
89 interface and address information. In that case default router ID value
90 is selected as the largest IP Address of the interfaces. When
91 @code{router zebra} is not enabled @command{bgpd} can't get interface information
92 so @code{router-id} is set to 0.0.0.0. So please set router-id by hand.
97 * BGP decision process::
98 * BGP route flap dampening::
102 @subsection BGP distance
104 @deffn {BGP} {distance bgp <1-255> <1-255> <1-255>} {}
105 This command change distance value of BGP. Each argument is distance
106 value for external routes, internal routes and local routes.
109 @deffn {BGP} {distance <1-255> @var{A.B.C.D/M}} {}
110 @deffnx {BGP} {distance <1-255> @var{A.B.C.D/M} @var{word}} {}
111 This command set distance value to
114 @node BGP decision process
115 @subsection BGP decision process
117 The decision process Quagga BGP uses to select routes is as follows:
120 @item 1. Weight check
121 prefer higher local weight routes to lower routes.
123 @item 2. Local preference check
124 prefer higher local preference routes to lower.
126 @item 3. Local route check
127 Prefer local routes (statics, aggregates, redistributed) to received routes.
129 @item 4. AS path length check
130 Prefer shortest hop-count AS_PATHs.
132 @item 5. Origin check
133 Prefer the lowest origin type route. That is, prefer IGP origin routes to
134 EGP, to Incomplete routes.
137 Where routes with a MED were received from the same AS,
138 prefer the route with the lowest MED. @xref{BGP MED}.
140 @item 7. External check
141 Prefer the route received from an external, eBGP peer
142 over routes received from other types of peers.
144 @item 8. IGP cost check
145 Prefer the route with the lower IGP cost.
147 @item 9. Multi-path check
148 If multi-pathing is enabled, then check whether
149 the routes not yet distinguished in preference may be considered equal. If
150 @ref{bgp bestpath as-path multipath-relax} is set, all such routes are
151 considered equal, otherwise routes received via iBGP with identical AS_PATHs
152 or routes received from eBGP neighbours in the same AS are considered equal.
154 @item 10 Already-selected external check
156 Where both routes were received from eBGP peers, then prefer the route which
157 is already selected. Note that this check is not applied if @ref{bgp
158 bestpath compare-routerid} is configured. This check can prevent some cases
161 @item 11. Router-ID check
162 Prefer the route with the lowest @w{router-ID}. If the
163 route has an @w{ORIGINATOR_ID} attribute, through iBGP reflection, then that
164 router ID is used, otherwise the @w{router-ID} of the peer the route was
165 received from is used.
167 @item 12. Cluster-List length check
168 The route with the shortest cluster-list
169 length is used. The cluster-list reflects the iBGP reflection path the
172 @item 13. Peer address
173 Prefer the route received from the peer with the higher
174 transport layer address, as a last-resort tie-breaker.
178 @deffn {BGP} {bgp bestpath as-path confed} {}
179 This command specifies that the length of confederation path sets and
180 sequences should should be taken into account during the BGP best path
184 @deffn {BGP} {bgp bestpath as-path multipath-relax} {}
185 @anchor{bgp bestpath as-path multipath-relax}
186 This command specifies that BGP decision process should consider paths
187 of equal AS_PATH length candidates for multipath computation. Without
188 the knob, the entire AS_PATH must match for multipath computation.
191 @deffn {BGP} {bgp bestpath compare-routerid} {}
192 @anchor{bgp bestpath compare-routerid}
194 Ensure that when comparing routes where both are equal on most metrics,
195 including local-pref, AS_PATH length, IGP cost, MED, that the tie is broken
198 If this option is enabled, then the already-selected check, where
199 already selected eBGP routes are preferred, is skipped.
201 If a route has an @w{ORIGINATOR_ID} attribute because it has been reflected,
202 that @w{ORIGINATOR_ID} will be used. Otherwise, the router-ID of the peer the
203 route was received from will be used.
205 The advantage of this is that the route-selection (at this point) will be
206 more deterministic. The disadvantage is that a few or even one lowest-ID
207 router may attract all trafic to otherwise-equal paths because of this
208 check. It may increase the possibility of MED or IGP oscillation, unless
209 other measures were taken to avoid these. The exact behaviour will be
210 sensitive to the iBGP and reflection topology.
215 @node BGP route flap dampening
216 @subsection BGP route flap dampening
218 @deffn {BGP} {bgp dampening @var{<1-45>} @var{<1-20000>} @var{<1-20000>} @var{<1-255>}} {}
219 This command enables BGP route-flap dampening and specifies dampening parameters.
222 @item @asis{half-life}
223 Half-life time for the penalty
224 @item @asis{reuse-threshold}
225 Value to start reusing a route
226 @item @asis{suppress-threshold}
227 Value to start suppressing a route
228 @item @asis{max-suppress}
229 Maximum duration to suppress a stable route
232 The route-flap damping algorithm is compatible with @cite{RFC2439}. The use of this command
233 is not recommended nowadays, see @uref{http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-378,,RIPE-378}.
239 The BGP MED (Multi_Exit_Discriminator) attribute has properties which can
240 cause subtle convergence problems in BGP. These properties and problems
241 have proven to be hard to understand, at least historically, and may still
242 not be widely understood. The following attempts to collect together and
243 present what is known about MED, to help operators and Quagga users in
244 designing and configuring their networks.
246 The BGP @acronym{MED, Multi_Exit_Discriminator} attribute is intended to
247 allow one AS to indicate its preferences for its ingress points to another
248 AS. The MED attribute will not be propagated on to another AS by the
249 receiving AS - it is `non-transitive' in the BGP sense.
251 E.g., if AS X and AS Y have 2 different BGP peering points, then AS X
252 might set a MED of 100 on routes advertised at one and a MED of 200 at the
253 other. When AS Y selects between otherwise equal routes to or via
254 AS X, AS Y should prefer to take the path via the lower MED peering of 100 with
255 AS X. Setting the MED allows an AS to influence the routing taken to it
256 within another, neighbouring AS.
258 In this use of MED it is not really meaningful to compare the MED value on
259 routes where the next AS on the paths differs. E.g., if AS Y also had a
260 route for some destination via AS Z in addition to the routes from AS X, and
261 AS Z had also set a MED, it wouldn't make sense for AS Y to compare AS Z's
262 MED values to those of AS X. The MED values have been set by different
263 administrators, with different frames of reference.
265 The default behaviour of BGP therefore is to not compare MED values across
266 routes received from different neighbouring ASes. In Quagga this is done by
267 comparing the neighbouring, left-most AS in the received AS_PATHs of the
268 routes and only comparing MED if those are the same.
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287 Unfortunately, this behaviour of MED, of sometimes being compared across
288 routes and sometimes not, depending on the properties of those other routes,
289 means MED can cause the order of preference over all the routes to be
290 undefined. That is, given routes A, B, and C, if A is preferred to B, and B
291 is preferred to C, then a well-defined order should mean the preference is
292 transitive (in the sense of orders @footnote{For some set of objects to have
293 an order, there @emph{must} be some binary ordering relation that is defined
294 for @emph{every} combination of those objects, and that relation @emph{must}
295 be transitive. I.e.@:, if the relation operator is @mprec{}, and if
296 a @mprec{} b and b @mprec{} c then that relation must carry over
297 and it @emph{must} be that a @mprec{} c for the objects to have an
298 order. The ordering relation may allow for equality, i.e.
299 a @mprec{} b and b @mprec{} a may both be true amd imply that
300 a and b are equal in the order and not distinguished by it, in
301 which case the set has a partial order. Otherwise, if there is an order,
302 all the objects have a distinct place in the order and the set has a total
303 order.}) and that A would be preferred to C.
305 However, when MED is involved this need not be the case. With MED it is
306 possible that C is actually preferred over A. So A is preferred to B, B is
307 preferred to C, but C is preferred to A. This can be true even where BGP
308 defines a deterministic ``most preferred'' route out of the full set of
309 A,B,C. With MED, for any given set of routes there may be a
310 deterministically preferred route, but there need not be any way to arrange
311 them into any order of preference. With unmodified MED, the order of
312 preference of routes literally becomes undefined.
314 That MED can induce non-transitive preferences over routes can cause issues.
315 Firstly, it may be perceived to cause routing table churn locally at
316 speakers; secondly, and more seriously, it may cause routing instability in
317 iBGP topologies, where sets of speakers continually oscillate between
320 The first issue arises from how speakers often implement routing decisions.
321 Though BGP defines a selection process that will deterministically select
322 the same route as best at any given speaker, even with MED, that process
323 requires evaluating all routes together. For performance and ease of
324 implementation reasons, many implementations evaluate route preferences in a
325 pair-wise fashion instead. Given there is no well-defined order when MED is
326 involved, the best route that will be chosen becomes subject to
327 implementation details, such as the order the routes are stored in. That
328 may be (locally) non-deterministic, e.g.@: it may be the order the routes
331 This indeterminism may be considered undesirable, though it need not cause
332 problems. It may mean additional routing churn is perceived, as sometimes
333 more updates may be produced than at other times in reaction to some event .
335 This first issue can be fixed with a more deterministic route selection that
336 ensures routes are ordered by the neighbouring AS during selection.
337 @xref{bgp deterministic-med}. This may reduce the number of updates as
338 routes are received, and may in some cases reduce routing churn. Though, it
339 could equally deterministically produce the largest possible set of updates
340 in response to the most common sequence of received updates.
342 A deterministic order of evaluation tends to imply an additional overhead of
343 sorting over any set of n routes to a destination. The implementation of
344 deterministic MED in Quagga scales significantly worse than most sorting
345 algorithms at present, with the number of paths to a given destination.
346 That number is often low enough to not cause any issues, but where there are
347 many paths, the deterministic comparison may quickly become increasingly
348 expensive in terms of CPU.
350 Deterministic local evaluation can @emph{not} fix the second, more major,
351 issue of MED however. Which is that the non-transitive preference of routes
352 MED can cause may lead to routing instability or oscillation across multiple
353 speakers in iBGP topologies. This can occur with full-mesh iBGP, but is
354 particularly problematic in non-full-mesh iBGP topologies that further
355 reduce the routing information known to each speaker. This has primarily
356 been documented with iBGP route-reflection topologies. However, any
357 route-hiding technologies potentially could also exacerbate oscillation with
360 This second issue occurs where speakers each have only a subset of routes,
361 and there are cycles in the preferences between different combinations of
362 routes - as the undefined order of preference of MED allows - and the routes
363 are distributed in a way that causes the BGP speakers to 'chase' those
364 cycles. This can occur even if all speakers use a deterministic order of
365 evaluation in route selection.
367 E.g., speaker 4 in AS A might receive a route from speaker 2 in AS X, and
368 from speaker 3 in AS Y; while speaker 5 in AS A might receive that route
369 from speaker 1 in AS Y. AS Y might set a MED of 200 at speaker 1, and 100
370 at speaker 3. I.e, using ASN:ID:MED to label the speakers:
375 X:2------|--A:4-------A:5--|-Y:1:200
381 Assuming all other metrics are equal (AS_PATH, ORIGIN, 0 IGP costs), then
382 based on the RFC4271 decision process speaker 4 will choose X:2 over
383 Y:3:100, based on the lower ID of 2. Speaker 4 advertises X:2 to speaker 5.
384 Speaker 5 will continue to prefer Y:1:200 based on the ID, and advertise
385 this to speaker 4. Speaker 4 will now have the full set of routes, and the
386 Y:1:200 it receives from 5 will beat X:2, but when speaker 4 compares
387 Y:1:200 to Y:3:100 the MED check now becomes active as the ASes match, and
388 now Y:3:100 is preferred. Speaker 4 therefore now advertises Y:3:100 to 5,
389 which will also agrees that Y:3:100 is preferred to Y:1:200, and so
390 withdraws the latter route from 4. Speaker 4 now has only X:2 and Y:3:100,
391 and X:2 beats Y:3:100, and so speaker 4 implicitly updates its route to
392 speaker 5 to X:2. Speaker 5 sees that Y:1:200 beats X:2 based on the ID,
393 and advertises Y:1:200 to speaker 4, and the cycle continues.
395 The root cause is the lack of a clear order of preference caused by how MED
396 sometimes is and sometimes is not compared, leading to this cycle in the
397 preferences between the routes:
401 /---> X:2 ---beats---> Y:3:100 --\
404 \---beats--- Y:1:200 <---beats---/
408 This particular type of oscillation in full-mesh iBGP topologies can be
409 avoided by speakers preferring already selected, external routes rather than
410 choosing to update to new a route based on a post-MED metric (e.g.
411 router-ID), at the cost of a non-deterministic selection process. Quagga
412 implements this, as do many other implementations, so long as it is not
413 overridden by setting @ref{bgp bestpath compare-routerid}, and see also
414 @ref{BGP decision process}, .
416 However, more complex and insidious cycles of oscillation are possible with
417 iBGP route-reflection, which are not so easily avoided. These have been
418 documented in various places. See, e.g., @cite{McPherson, D. and Gill, V.
419 and Walton, D., "Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Persistent Route Oscillation
420 Condition", IETF RFC3345}, and @cite{Flavel, A. and M. Roughan, "Stable
421 and flexible iBGP", ACM SIGCOMM 2009}, and @cite{Griffin, T. and G. Wilfong,
422 "On the correctness of IBGP configuration", ACM SIGCOMM 2002} for concrete
423 examples and further references.
425 There is as of this writing @emph{no} known way to use MED for its original
426 purpose; @emph{and} reduce routing information in iBGP topologies;
427 @emph{and} be sure to avoid the instability problems of MED due the
428 non-transitive routing preferences it can induce; in general on arbitrary
431 There may be iBGP topology specific ways to reduce the instability risks,
432 even while using MED, e.g.@: by constraining the reflection topology and by
433 tuning IGP costs between route-reflector clusters, see RFC3345 for details.
434 In the near future, the Add-Path extension to BGP may also solve MED
435 oscillation while still allowing MED to be used as intended, by distributing
436 "best-paths per neighbour AS". This would be at the cost of distributing at
437 least as many routes to all speakers as a full-mesh iBGP would, if not more,
438 while also imposing similar CPU overheads as the "Deterministic MED" feature
439 at each Add-Path reflector.
441 More generally, the instability problems that MED can introduce on more
442 complex, non-full-mesh, iBGP topologies may be avoided either by:
447 Setting @ref{bgp always-compare-med}, however this allows MED to be compared
448 across values set by different neighbour ASes, which may not produce
449 coherent desirable results, of itself.
452 Effectively ignoring MED by setting MED to the same value (e.g.@: 0) using
453 @ref{routemap set metric} on all received routes, in combination with
454 setting @ref{bgp always-compare-med} on all speakers. This is the simplest
455 and most performant way to avoid MED oscillation issues, where an AS is happy
456 not to allow neighbours to inject this problematic metric.
460 As MED is evaluated after the AS_PATH length check, another possible use for
461 MED is for intra-AS steering of routes with equal AS_PATH length, as an
462 extension of the last case above. As MED is evaluated before IGP metric,
463 this can allow cold-potato routing to be implemented to send traffic to
464 preferred hand-offs with neighbours, rather than the closest hand-off
465 according to the IGP metric.
467 Note that even if action is taken to address the MED non-transitivity
468 issues, other oscillations may still be possible. E.g., on IGP cost if
469 iBGP and IGP topologies are at cross-purposes with each other - see the
470 Flavel and Roughan paper above for an example. Hence the guideline that the
471 iBGP topology should follow the IGP topology.
473 @deffn {BGP} {bgp deterministic-med} {}
474 @anchor{bgp deterministic-med}
476 Carry out route-selection in way that produces deterministic answers
477 locally, even in the face of MED and the lack of a well-defined order of
478 preference it can induce on routes. Without this option the preferred route
479 with MED may be determined largely by the order that routes were received
482 Setting this option will have a performance cost that may be noticeable when
483 there are many routes for each destination. Currently in Quagga it is
484 implemented in a way that scales poorly as the number of routes per
485 destination increases.
487 The default is that this option is not set.
490 Note that there are other sources of indeterminism in the route selection
491 process, specifically, the preference for older and already selected routes
492 from eBGP peers, @xref{BGP decision process}.
494 @deffn {BGP} {bgp always-compare-med} {}
495 @anchor{bgp always-compare-med}
497 Always compare the MED on routes, even when they were received from
498 different neighbouring ASes. Setting this option makes the order of
499 preference of routes more defined, and should eliminate MED induced
502 If using this option, it may also be desirable to use @ref{routemap set
503 metric} to set MED to 0 on routes received from external neighbours.
505 This option can be used, together with @ref{routemap set metric} to use MED
506 as an intra-AS metric to steer equal-length AS_PATH routes to, e.g., desired
517 * Route Aggregation::
518 * Redistribute to BGP::
522 @subsection BGP route
524 @deffn {BGP} {network @var{A.B.C.D/M}} {}
525 This command adds the announcement network.
532 This configuration example says that network 10.0.0.0/8 will be
533 announced to all neighbors. Some vendors' routers don't advertise
534 routes if they aren't present in their IGP routing tables; @code{bgpd}
535 doesn't care about IGP routes when announcing its routes.
538 @deffn {BGP} {no network @var{A.B.C.D/M}} {}
541 @node Route Aggregation
542 @subsection Route Aggregation
544 @deffn {BGP} {aggregate-address @var{A.B.C.D/M}} {}
545 This command specifies an aggregate address.
548 @deffn {BGP} {aggregate-address @var{A.B.C.D/M} as-set} {}
549 This command specifies an aggregate address. Resulting routes include
553 @deffn {BGP} {aggregate-address @var{A.B.C.D/M} summary-only} {}
554 This command specifies an aggregate address. Aggreated routes will
558 @deffn {BGP} {no aggregate-address @var{A.B.C.D/M}} {}
561 @node Redistribute to BGP
562 @subsection Redistribute to BGP
564 @deffn {BGP} {redistribute kernel} {}
565 Redistribute kernel route to BGP process.
568 @deffn {BGP} {redistribute static} {}
569 Redistribute static route to BGP process.
572 @deffn {BGP} {redistribute connected} {}
573 Redistribute connected route to BGP process.
576 @deffn {BGP} {redistribute rip} {}
577 Redistribute RIP route to BGP process.
580 @deffn {BGP} {redistribute ospf} {}
581 Redistribute OSPF route to BGP process.
589 * BGP Peer commands::
594 @subsection Defining Peer
596 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} remote-as @var{asn}} {}
597 Creates a new neighbor whose remote-as is @var{asn}. @var{peer}
598 can be an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address.
602 neighbor 10.0.0.1 remote-as 2
605 In this case my router, in AS-1, is trying to peer with AS-2 at
608 This command must be the first command used when configuring a neighbor.
609 If the remote-as is not specified, @command{bgpd} will complain like this:
611 can't find neighbor 10.0.0.1
615 @node BGP Peer commands
616 @subsection BGP Peer commands
618 In a @code{router bgp} clause there are neighbor specific configurations
621 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} shutdown} {}
622 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} shutdown} {}
623 Shutdown the peer. We can delete the neighbor's configuration by
624 @code{no neighbor @var{peer} remote-as @var{as-number}} but all
625 configuration of the neighbor will be deleted. When you want to
626 preserve the configuration, but want to drop the BGP peer, use this
630 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} ebgp-multihop} {}
631 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} ebgp-multihop} {}
634 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} description ...} {}
635 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} description ...} {}
636 Set description of the peer.
639 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} version @var{version}} {}
640 Set up the neighbor's BGP version. @var{version} can be @var{4},
641 @var{4+} or @var{4-}. BGP version @var{4} is the default value used for
642 BGP peering. BGP version @var{4+} means that the neighbor supports
643 Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4. BGP version @var{4-} is similar but
644 the neighbor speaks the old Internet-Draft revision 00's Multiprotocol
645 Extensions for BGP-4. Some routing software is still using this
649 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} interface @var{ifname}} {}
650 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} interface @var{ifname}} {}
651 When you connect to a BGP peer over an IPv6 link-local address, you
652 have to specify the @var{ifname} of the interface used for the
653 connection. To specify IPv4 session addresses, see the
654 @code{neighbor @var{peer} update-source} command below.
656 This command is deprecated and may be removed in a future release. Its
657 use should be avoided.
660 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} next-hop-self [all]} {}
661 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} next-hop-self [all]} {}
662 This command specifies an announced route's nexthop as being equivalent
663 to the address of the bgp router if it is learned via eBGP.
664 If the optional keyword @code{all} is specified the modifiation is done
665 also for routes learned via iBGP.
668 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} update-source @var{<ifname|address>}} {}
669 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} update-source} {}
670 Specify the IPv4 source address to use for the @acronym{BGP} session to this
671 neighbour, may be specified as either an IPv4 address directly or
672 as an interface name (in which case the @command{zebra} daemon MUST be running
673 in order for @command{bgpd} to be able to retrieve interface state).
677 neighbor foo update-source 192.168.0.1
678 neighbor bar update-source lo0
683 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} default-originate} {}
684 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} default-originate} {}
685 @command{bgpd}'s default is to not announce the default route (0.0.0.0/0) even it
686 is in routing table. When you want to announce default routes to the
687 peer, use this command.
690 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} port @var{port}} {}
691 @deffnx {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} port @var{port}} {}
694 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} send-community} {}
695 @deffnx {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} send-community} {}
698 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} weight @var{weight}} {}
699 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} weight @var{weight}} {}
700 This command specifies a default @var{weight} value for the neighbor's
704 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} maximum-prefix @var{number}} {}
705 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} maximum-prefix @var{number}} {}
708 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} local-as @var{as-number}} {}
709 @deffnx {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} local-as @var{as-number} no-prepend} {}
710 @deffnx {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} local-as @var{as-number} no-prepend replace-as} {}
711 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} local-as} {}
712 Specify an alternate AS for this BGP process when interacting with the
713 specified peer. With no modifiers, the specified local-as is prepended to
714 the received AS_PATH when receiving routing updates from the peer, and
715 prepended to the outgoing AS_PATH (after the process local AS) when
716 transmitting local routes to the peer.
718 If the no-prepend attribute is specified, then the supplied local-as is not
719 prepended to the received AS_PATH.
721 If the replace-as attribute is specified, then only the supplied local-as is
722 prepended to the AS_PATH when transmitting local-route updates to this peer.
724 Note that replace-as can only be specified if no-prepend is.
726 This command is only allowed for eBGP peers.
729 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} ttl-security hops @var{number}} {}
730 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} ttl-security hops @var{number}} {}
731 This command enforces Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM), as
732 specified in RFC 5082. With this command, only neighbors that are the
733 specified number of hops away will be allowed to become neighbors. This
734 command is mututally exclusive with @command{ebgp-multihop}.
738 @subsection Peer filtering
740 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} distribute-list @var{name} [in|out]} {}
741 This command specifies a distribute-list for the peer. @var{direct} is
742 @samp{in} or @samp{out}.
745 @deffn {BGP command} {neighbor @var{peer} prefix-list @var{name} [in|out]} {}
748 @deffn {BGP command} {neighbor @var{peer} filter-list @var{name} [in|out]} {}
751 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} route-map @var{name} [in|out]} {}
752 Apply a route-map on the neighbor. @var{direct} must be @code{in} or
756 @deffn {BGP} {bgp route-reflector allow-outbound-policy} {}
757 By default, attribute modification via route-map policy out is not reflected
758 on reflected routes. This option allows the modifications to be reflected as
759 well. Once enabled, it affects all reflected routes.
762 @c -----------------------------------------------------------------------
764 @section BGP Peer Group
766 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{word} peer-group} {}
767 This command defines a new peer group.
770 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} peer-group @var{word}} {}
771 This command bind specific peer to peer group @var{word}.
774 @node BGP Address Family
775 @section BGP Address Family
777 Multiprotocol BGP enables BGP to carry routing information for multiple
778 Network Layer protocols. BGP supports multiple Address Family
779 Identifier (AFI), namely IPv4 and IPv6. Support is also provided for
780 multiple sets of per-AFI information via Subsequent Address Family
781 Identifiers (SAFI). In addition to unicast information, VPN information
782 @cite{RFC4364} and @cite{RFC4659}, and Encapsulation information
783 @cite{RFC5512} is supported.
785 @deffn {Command} {show ip bgp vpnv4 all} {}
786 @deffnx {Command} {show ipv6 bgp vpn all} {}
787 Print active IPV4 or IPV6 routes advertised via the VPN SAFI.
790 @deffn {Command} {show ip bgp encap all} {}
791 @deffnx {Command} {show ipv6 bgp encap all} {}
792 Print active IPV4 or IPV6 routes advertised via the Encapsulation SAFI.
795 @deffn {Command} {show bgp ipv4 encap summary} {}
796 @deffnx {Command} {show bgp ipv4 vpn summary} {}
797 @deffnx {Command} {show bgp ipv6 encap summary} {}
798 @deffnx {Command} {show bgp ipv6 vpn summary} {}
799 Print a summary of neighbor connections for the specified AFI/SAFI combination.
802 @c -----------------------------------------------------------------------
803 @node Autonomous System
804 @section Autonomous System
806 The @acronym{AS,Autonomous System} number is one of the essential
807 element of BGP. BGP is a distance vector routing protocol, and the
808 AS-Path framework provides distance vector metric and loop detection to
809 BGP. @cite{RFC1930, Guidelines for creation, selection, and
810 registration of an Autonomous System (AS)} provides some background on
811 the concepts of an AS.
813 The AS number is a two octet value, ranging in value from 1 to 65535.
814 The AS numbers 64512 through 65535 are defined as private AS numbers.
815 Private AS numbers must not to be advertised in the global Internet.
818 * AS Path Regular Expression::
819 * Display BGP Routes by AS Path::
820 * AS Path Access List::
821 * Using AS Path in Route Map::
822 * Private AS Numbers::
825 @node AS Path Regular Expression
826 @subsection AS Path Regular Expression
828 AS path regular expression can be used for displaying BGP routes and
829 AS path access list. AS path regular expression is based on
830 @code{POSIX 1003.2} regular expressions. Following description is
831 just a subset of @code{POSIX} regular expression. User can use full
832 @code{POSIX} regular expression. Adding to that special character '_'
833 is added for AS path regular expression.
837 Matches any single character.
839 Matches 0 or more occurrences of pattern.
841 Matches 1 or more occurrences of pattern.
843 Match 0 or 1 occurrences of pattern.
845 Matches the beginning of the line.
847 Matches the end of the line.
849 Character @code{_} has special meanings in AS path regular expression.
850 It matches to space and comma , and AS set delimiter @{ and @} and AS
851 confederation delimiter @code{(} and @code{)}. And it also matches to
852 the beginning of the line and the end of the line. So @code{_} can be
853 used for AS value boundaries match. @code{show ip bgp regexp _7675_}
854 matches to all of BGP routes which as AS number include @var{7675}.
857 @node Display BGP Routes by AS Path
858 @subsection Display BGP Routes by AS Path
860 To show BGP routes which has specific AS path information @code{show
861 ip bgp} command can be used.
863 @deffn Command {show ip bgp regexp @var{line}} {}
864 This commands display BGP routes that matches AS path regular
865 expression @var{line}.
868 @node AS Path Access List
869 @subsection AS Path Access List
871 AS path access list is user defined AS path.
873 @deffn {Command} {ip as-path access-list @var{word} @{permit|deny@} @var{line}} {}
874 This command defines a new AS path access list.
877 @deffn {Command} {no ip as-path access-list @var{word}} {}
878 @deffnx {Command} {no ip as-path access-list @var{word} @{permit|deny@} @var{line}} {}
881 @node Using AS Path in Route Map
882 @subsection Using AS Path in Route Map
884 @deffn {Route Map} {match as-path @var{word}} {}
887 @deffn {Route Map} {set as-path prepend @var{as-path}} {}
888 Prepend the given string of AS numbers to the AS_PATH.
891 @deffn {Route Map} {set as-path prepend last-as @var{num}} {}
892 Prepend the existing last AS number (the leftmost ASN) to the AS_PATH.
895 @node Private AS Numbers
896 @subsection Private AS Numbers
898 @c -----------------------------------------------------------------------
899 @node BGP Communities Attribute
900 @section BGP Communities Attribute
902 BGP communities attribute is widely used for implementing policy
903 routing. Network operators can manipulate BGP communities attribute
904 based on their network policy. BGP communities attribute is defined
905 in @cite{RFC1997, BGP Communities Attribute} and
906 @cite{RFC1998, An Application of the BGP Community Attribute
907 in Multi-home Routing}. It is an optional transitive attribute,
908 therefore local policy can travel through different autonomous system.
910 Communities attribute is a set of communities values. Each
911 communities value is 4 octet long. The following format is used to
912 define communities value.
916 This format represents 4 octet communities value. @code{AS} is high
917 order 2 octet in digit format. @code{VAL} is low order 2 octet in
918 digit format. This format is useful to define AS oriented policy
919 value. For example, @code{7675:80} can be used when AS 7675 wants to
920 pass local policy value 80 to neighboring peer.
922 @code{internet} represents well-known communities value 0.
924 @code{no-export} represents well-known communities value @code{NO_EXPORT}@*
925 @r{(0xFFFFFF01)}. All routes carry this value must not be advertised
926 to outside a BGP confederation boundary. If neighboring BGP peer is
927 part of BGP confederation, the peer is considered as inside a BGP
928 confederation boundary, so the route will be announced to the peer.
930 @code{no-advertise} represents well-known communities value
931 @code{NO_ADVERTISE}@*@r{(0xFFFFFF02)}. All routes carry this value
932 must not be advertise to other BGP peers.
934 @code{local-AS} represents well-known communities value
935 @code{NO_EXPORT_SUBCONFED} @r{(0xFFFFFF03)}. All routes carry this
936 value must not be advertised to external BGP peers. Even if the
937 neighboring router is part of confederation, it is considered as
938 external BGP peer, so the route will not be announced to the peer.
941 When BGP communities attribute is received, duplicated communities
942 value in the communities attribute is ignored and each communities
943 values are sorted in numerical order.
946 * BGP Community Lists::
947 * Numbered BGP Community Lists::
948 * BGP Community in Route Map::
949 * Display BGP Routes by Community::
950 * Using BGP Communities Attribute::
953 @node BGP Community Lists
954 @subsection BGP Community Lists
956 BGP community list is a user defined BGP communites attribute list.
957 BGP community list can be used for matching or manipulating BGP
958 communities attribute in updates.
960 There are two types of community list. One is standard community
961 list and another is expanded community list. Standard community list
962 defines communities attribute. Expanded community list defines
963 communities attribute string with regular expression. Standard
964 community list is compiled into binary format when user define it.
965 Standard community list will be directly compared to BGP communities
966 attribute in BGP updates. Therefore the comparison is faster than
967 expanded community list.
969 @deffn Command {ip community-list standard @var{name} @{permit|deny@} @var{community}} {}
970 This command defines a new standard community list. @var{community}
971 is communities value. The @var{community} is compiled into community
972 structure. We can define multiple community list under same name. In
973 that case match will happen user defined order. Once the
974 community list matches to communities attribute in BGP updates it
975 return permit or deny by the community list definition. When there is
976 no matched entry, deny will be returned. When @var{community} is
977 empty it matches to any routes.
980 @deffn Command {ip community-list expanded @var{name} @{permit|deny@} @var{line}} {}
981 This command defines a new expanded community list. @var{line} is a
982 string expression of communities attribute. @var{line} can include
983 regular expression to match communities attribute in BGP updates.
986 @deffn Command {no ip community-list @var{name}} {}
987 @deffnx Command {no ip community-list standard @var{name}} {}
988 @deffnx Command {no ip community-list expanded @var{name}} {}
989 These commands delete community lists specified by @var{name}. All of
990 community lists shares a single name space. So community lists can be
991 removed simpley specifying community lists name.
994 @deffn {Command} {show ip community-list} {}
995 @deffnx {Command} {show ip community-list @var{name}} {}
996 This command display current community list information. When
997 @var{name} is specified the specified community list's information is
1001 # show ip community-list
1002 Named Community standard list CLIST
1003 permit 7675:80 7675:100 no-export
1005 Named Community expanded list EXPAND
1008 # show ip community-list CLIST
1009 Named Community standard list CLIST
1010 permit 7675:80 7675:100 no-export
1015 @node Numbered BGP Community Lists
1016 @subsection Numbered BGP Community Lists
1018 When number is used for BGP community list name, the number has
1019 special meanings. Community list number in the range from 1 and 99 is
1020 standard community list. Community list number in the range from 100
1021 to 199 is expanded community list. These community lists are called
1022 as numbered community lists. On the other hand normal community lists
1023 is called as named community lists.
1025 @deffn Command {ip community-list <1-99> @{permit|deny@} @var{community}} {}
1026 This command defines a new community list. <1-99> is standard
1027 community list number. Community list name within this range defines
1028 standard community list. When @var{community} is empty it matches to
1032 @deffn Command {ip community-list <100-199> @{permit|deny@} @var{community}} {}
1033 This command defines a new community list. <100-199> is expanded
1034 community list number. Community list name within this range defines
1035 expanded community list.
1038 @deffn Command {ip community-list @var{name} @{permit|deny@} @var{community}} {}
1039 When community list type is not specifed, the community list type is
1040 automatically detected. If @var{community} can be compiled into
1041 communities attribute, the community list is defined as a standard
1042 community list. Otherwise it is defined as an expanded community
1043 list. This feature is left for backward compability. Use of this
1044 feature is not recommended.
1047 @node BGP Community in Route Map
1048 @subsection BGP Community in Route Map
1050 In Route Map (@pxref{Route Map}), we can match or set BGP
1051 communities attribute. Using this feature network operator can
1052 implement their network policy based on BGP communities attribute.
1054 Following commands can be used in Route Map.
1056 @deffn {Route Map} {match community @var{word}} {}
1057 @deffnx {Route Map} {match community @var{word} exact-match} {}
1058 This command perform match to BGP updates using community list
1059 @var{word}. When the one of BGP communities value match to the one of
1060 communities value in community list, it is match. When
1061 @code{exact-match} keyword is spcified, match happen only when BGP
1062 updates have completely same communities value specified in the
1066 @deffn {Route Map} {set community none} {}
1067 @deffnx {Route Map} {set community @var{community}} {}
1068 @deffnx {Route Map} {set community @var{community} additive} {}
1069 This command manipulate communities value in BGP updates. When
1070 @code{none} is specified as communities value, it removes entire
1071 communities attribute from BGP updates. When @var{community} is not
1072 @code{none}, specified communities value is set to BGP updates. If
1073 BGP updates already has BGP communities value, the existing BGP
1074 communities value is replaced with specified @var{community} value.
1075 When @code{additive} keyword is specified, @var{community} is appended
1076 to the existing communities value.
1079 @deffn {Route Map} {set comm-list @var{word} delete} {}
1080 This command remove communities value from BGP communities attribute.
1081 The @var{word} is community list name. When BGP route's communities
1082 value matches to the community list @var{word}, the communities value
1083 is removed. When all of communities value is removed eventually, the
1084 BGP update's communities attribute is completely removed.
1087 @node Display BGP Routes by Community
1088 @subsection Display BGP Routes by Community
1090 To show BGP routes which has specific BGP communities attribute,
1091 @code{show ip bgp} command can be used. The @var{community} value and
1092 community list can be used for @code{show ip bgp} command.
1094 @deffn Command {show ip bgp community} {}
1095 @deffnx Command {show ip bgp community @var{community}} {}
1096 @deffnx Command {show ip bgp community @var{community} exact-match} {}
1097 @code{show ip bgp community} displays BGP routes which has communities
1098 attribute. When @var{community} is specified, BGP routes that matches
1099 @var{community} value is displayed. For this command, @code{internet}
1100 keyword can't be used for @var{community} value. When
1101 @code{exact-match} is specified, it display only routes that have an
1105 @deffn Command {show ip bgp community-list @var{word}} {}
1106 @deffnx Command {show ip bgp community-list @var{word} exact-match} {}
1107 This commands display BGP routes that matches community list
1108 @var{word}. When @code{exact-match} is specified, display only routes
1109 that have an exact match.
1112 @node Using BGP Communities Attribute
1113 @subsection Using BGP Communities Attribute
1115 Following configuration is the most typical usage of BGP communities
1116 attribute. AS 7675 provides upstream Internet connection to AS 100.
1117 When following configuration exists in AS 7675, AS 100 networks
1118 operator can set local preference in AS 7675 network by setting BGP
1119 communities attribute to the updates.
1123 neighbor 192.168.0.1 remote-as 100
1124 neighbor 192.168.0.1 route-map RMAP in
1126 ip community-list 70 permit 7675:70
1127 ip community-list 70 deny
1128 ip community-list 80 permit 7675:80
1129 ip community-list 80 deny
1130 ip community-list 90 permit 7675:90
1131 ip community-list 90 deny
1133 route-map RMAP permit 10
1135 set local-preference 70
1137 route-map RMAP permit 20
1139 set local-preference 80
1141 route-map RMAP permit 30
1143 set local-preference 90
1146 Following configuration announce 10.0.0.0/8 from AS 100 to AS 7675.
1147 The route has communities value 7675:80 so when above configuration
1148 exists in AS 7675, announced route's local preference will be set to
1154 neighbor 192.168.0.2 remote-as 7675
1155 neighbor 192.168.0.2 route-map RMAP out
1157 ip prefix-list PLIST permit 10.0.0.0/8
1159 route-map RMAP permit 10
1160 match ip address prefix-list PLIST
1161 set community 7675:80
1164 Following configuration is an example of BGP route filtering using
1165 communities attribute. This configuration only permit BGP routes
1166 which has BGP communities value 0:80 or 0:90. Network operator can
1167 put special internal communities value at BGP border router, then
1168 limit the BGP routes announcement into the internal network.
1172 neighbor 192.168.0.1 remote-as 100
1173 neighbor 192.168.0.1 route-map RMAP in
1175 ip community-list 1 permit 0:80 0:90
1177 route-map RMAP permit in
1181 Following exmaple filter BGP routes which has communities value 1:1.
1182 When there is no match community-list returns deny. To avoid
1183 filtering all of routes, we need to define permit any at last.
1187 neighbor 192.168.0.1 remote-as 100
1188 neighbor 192.168.0.1 route-map RMAP in
1190 ip community-list standard FILTER deny 1:1
1191 ip community-list standard FILTER permit
1193 route-map RMAP permit 10
1194 match community FILTER
1197 Communities value keyword @code{internet} has special meanings in
1198 standard community lists. In below example @code{internet} act as
1199 match any. It matches all of BGP routes even if the route does not
1200 have communities attribute at all. So community list @code{INTERNET}
1201 is same as above example's @code{FILTER}.
1204 ip community-list standard INTERNET deny 1:1
1205 ip community-list standard INTERNET permit internet
1208 Following configuration is an example of communities value deletion.
1209 With this configuration communities value 100:1 and 100:2 is removed
1210 from BGP updates. For communities value deletion, only @code{permit}
1211 community-list is used. @code{deny} community-list is ignored.
1215 neighbor 192.168.0.1 remote-as 100
1216 neighbor 192.168.0.1 route-map RMAP in
1218 ip community-list standard DEL permit 100:1 100:2
1220 route-map RMAP permit 10
1221 set comm-list DEL delete
1224 @c -----------------------------------------------------------------------
1225 @node BGP Extended Communities Attribute
1226 @section BGP Extended Communities Attribute
1228 BGP extended communities attribute is introduced with MPLS VPN/BGP
1229 technology. MPLS VPN/BGP expands capability of network infrastructure
1230 to provide VPN functionality. At the same time it requires a new
1231 framework for policy routing. With BGP Extended Communities Attribute
1232 we can use Route Target or Site of Origin for implementing network
1233 policy for MPLS VPN/BGP.
1235 BGP Extended Communities Attribute is similar to BGP Communities
1236 Attribute. It is an optional transitive attribute. BGP Extended
1237 Communities Attribute can carry multiple Extended Community value.
1238 Each Extended Community value is eight octet length.
1240 BGP Extended Communities Attribute provides an extended range
1241 compared with BGP Communities Attribute. Adding to that there is a
1242 type field in each value to provides community space structure.
1244 There are two format to define Extended Community value. One is AS
1245 based format the other is IP address based format.
1249 This is a format to define AS based Extended Community value.
1250 @code{AS} part is 2 octets Global Administrator subfield in Extended
1251 Community value. @code{VAL} part is 4 octets Local Administrator
1252 subfield. @code{7675:100} represents AS 7675 policy value 100.
1253 @item IP-Address:VAL
1254 This is a format to define IP address based Extended Community value.
1255 @code{IP-Address} part is 4 octets Global Administrator subfield.
1256 @code{VAL} part is 2 octets Local Administrator subfield.
1257 @code{10.0.0.1:100} represents
1261 * BGP Extended Community Lists::
1262 * BGP Extended Communities in Route Map::
1265 @node BGP Extended Community Lists
1266 @subsection BGP Extended Community Lists
1268 Expanded Community Lists is a user defined BGP Expanded Community
1271 @deffn Command {ip extcommunity-list standard @var{name} @{permit|deny@} @var{extcommunity}} {}
1272 This command defines a new standard extcommunity-list.
1273 @var{extcommunity} is extended communities value. The
1274 @var{extcommunity} is compiled into extended community structure. We
1275 can define multiple extcommunity-list under same name. In that case
1276 match will happen user defined order. Once the extcommunity-list
1277 matches to extended communities attribute in BGP updates it return
1278 permit or deny based upon the extcommunity-list definition. When
1279 there is no matched entry, deny will be returned. When
1280 @var{extcommunity} is empty it matches to any routes.
1283 @deffn Command {ip extcommunity-list expanded @var{name} @{permit|deny@} @var{line}} {}
1284 This command defines a new expanded extcommunity-list. @var{line} is
1285 a string expression of extended communities attribute. @var{line} can
1286 include regular expression to match extended communities attribute in
1290 @deffn Command {no ip extcommunity-list @var{name}} {}
1291 @deffnx Command {no ip extcommunity-list standard @var{name}} {}
1292 @deffnx Command {no ip extcommunity-list expanded @var{name}} {}
1293 These commands delete extended community lists specified by
1294 @var{name}. All of extended community lists shares a single name
1295 space. So extended community lists can be removed simpley specifying
1299 @deffn {Command} {show ip extcommunity-list} {}
1300 @deffnx {Command} {show ip extcommunity-list @var{name}} {}
1301 This command display current extcommunity-list information. When
1302 @var{name} is specified the community list's information is shown.
1305 # show ip extcommunity-list
1309 @node BGP Extended Communities in Route Map
1310 @subsection BGP Extended Communities in Route Map
1312 @deffn {Route Map} {match extcommunity @var{word}} {}
1315 @deffn {Route Map} {set extcommunity rt @var{extcommunity}} {}
1316 This command set Route Target value.
1319 @deffn {Route Map} {set extcommunity soo @var{extcommunity}} {}
1320 This command set Site of Origin value.
1323 @c -----------------------------------------------------------------------
1324 @node Displaying BGP routes
1325 @section Displaying BGP Routes
1329 * More Show IP BGP::
1333 @subsection Show IP BGP
1335 @deffn {Command} {show ip bgp} {}
1336 @deffnx {Command} {show ip bgp @var{A.B.C.D}} {}
1337 @deffnx {Command} {show ip bgp @var{X:X::X:X}} {}
1338 This command displays BGP routes. When no route is specified it
1339 display all of IPv4 BGP routes.
1343 BGP table version is 0, local router ID is 10.1.1.1
1344 Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal
1345 Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
1347 Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path
1348 *> 1.1.1.1/32 0.0.0.0 0 32768 i
1350 Total number of prefixes 1
1353 @node More Show IP BGP
1354 @subsection More Show IP BGP
1356 @deffn {Command} {show ip bgp regexp @var{line}} {}
1357 This command display BGP routes using AS path regular expression (@pxref{Display BGP Routes by AS Path}).
1360 @deffn Command {show ip bgp community @var{community}} {}
1361 @deffnx Command {show ip bgp community @var{community} exact-match} {}
1362 This command display BGP routes using @var{community} (@pxref{Display
1363 BGP Routes by Community}).
1366 @deffn Command {show ip bgp community-list @var{word}} {}
1367 @deffnx Command {show ip bgp community-list @var{word} exact-match} {}
1368 This command display BGP routes using community list (@pxref{Display
1369 BGP Routes by Community}).
1372 @deffn {Command} {show ip bgp summary} {}
1375 @deffn {Command} {show ip bgp neighbor [@var{peer}]} {}
1378 @deffn {Command} {clear ip bgp @var{peer}} {}
1379 Clear peers which have addresses of X.X.X.X
1382 @deffn {Command} {clear ip bgp @var{peer} soft in} {}
1383 Clear peer using soft reconfiguration.
1386 @deffn {Command} {show ip bgp dampened-paths} {}
1387 Display paths suppressed due to dampening
1390 @deffn {Command} {show ip bgp flap-statistics} {}
1391 Display flap statistics of routes
1394 @deffn {Command} {show debug} {}
1397 @deffn {Command} {debug event} {}
1400 @deffn {Command} {debug update} {}
1403 @deffn {Command} {debug keepalive} {}
1406 @deffn {Command} {no debug event} {}
1409 @deffn {Command} {no debug update} {}
1412 @deffn {Command} {no debug keepalive} {}
1415 @node Capability Negotiation
1416 @section Capability Negotiation
1418 When adding IPv6 routing information exchange feature to BGP. There
1419 were some proposals. @acronym{IETF,Internet Engineering Task Force}
1420 @acronym{IDR, Inter Domain Routing} @acronym{WG, Working group} adopted
1421 a proposal called Multiprotocol Extension for BGP. The specification
1422 is described in @cite{RFC2283}. The protocol does not define new protocols.
1423 It defines new attributes to existing BGP. When it is used exchanging
1424 IPv6 routing information it is called BGP-4+. When it is used for
1425 exchanging multicast routing information it is called MBGP.
1427 @command{bgpd} supports Multiprotocol Extension for BGP. So if remote
1428 peer supports the protocol, @command{bgpd} can exchange IPv6 and/or
1429 multicast routing information.
1431 Traditional BGP did not have the feature to detect remote peer's
1432 capabilities, e.g. whether it can handle prefix types other than IPv4
1433 unicast routes. This was a big problem using Multiprotocol Extension
1434 for BGP to operational network. @cite{RFC2842, Capabilities
1435 Advertisement with BGP-4} adopted a feature called Capability
1436 Negotiation. @command{bgpd} use this Capability Negotiation to detect
1437 the remote peer's capabilities. If the peer is only configured as IPv4
1438 unicast neighbor, @command{bgpd} does not send these Capability
1439 Negotiation packets (at least not unless other optional BGP features
1440 require capability negotation).
1442 By default, Quagga will bring up peering with minimal common capability
1443 for the both sides. For example, local router has unicast and
1444 multicast capabilitie and remote router has unicast capability. In
1445 this case, the local router will establish the connection with unicast
1446 only capability. When there are no common capabilities, Quagga sends
1447 Unsupported Capability error and then resets the connection.
1449 If you want to completely match capabilities with remote peer. Please
1450 use @command{strict-capability-match} command.
1452 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} strict-capability-match} {}
1453 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} strict-capability-match} {}
1454 Strictly compares remote capabilities and local capabilities. If capabilities
1455 are different, send Unsupported Capability error then reset connection.
1458 You may want to disable sending Capability Negotiation OPEN message
1459 optional parameter to the peer when remote peer does not implement
1460 Capability Negotiation. Please use @command{dont-capability-negotiate}
1461 command to disable the feature.
1463 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} dont-capability-negotiate} {}
1464 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} dont-capability-negotiate} {}
1465 Suppress sending Capability Negotiation as OPEN message optional
1466 parameter to the peer. This command only affects the peer is configured
1467 other than IPv4 unicast configuration.
1470 When remote peer does not have capability negotiation feature, remote
1471 peer will not send any capabilities at all. In that case, bgp
1472 configures the peer with configured capabilities.
1474 You may prefer locally configured capabilities more than the negotiated
1475 capabilities even though remote peer sends capabilities. If the peer
1476 is configured by @command{override-capability}, @command{bgpd} ignores
1477 received capabilities then override negotiated capabilities with
1480 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} override-capability} {}
1481 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} override-capability} {}
1482 Override the result of Capability Negotiation with local configuration.
1483 Ignore remote peer's capability value.
1486 @node Route Reflector
1487 @section Route Reflector
1489 @deffn {BGP} {bgp cluster-id @var{a.b.c.d}} {}
1492 @deffn {BGP} {neighbor @var{peer} route-reflector-client} {}
1493 @deffnx {BGP} {no neighbor @var{peer} route-reflector-client} {}
1497 @section Route Server
1499 At an Internet Exchange point, many ISPs are connected to each other by
1500 external BGP peering. Normally these external BGP connection are done by
1501 @samp{full mesh} method. As with internal BGP full mesh formation,
1502 this method has a scaling problem.
1504 This scaling problem is well known. Route Server is a method to resolve
1505 the problem. Each ISP's BGP router only peers to Route Server. Route
1506 Server serves as BGP information exchange to other BGP routers. By
1507 applying this method, numbers of BGP connections is reduced from
1508 O(n*(n-1)/2) to O(n).
1510 Unlike normal BGP router, Route Server must have several routing tables
1511 for managing different routing policies for each BGP speaker. We call the
1512 routing tables as different @code{view}s. @command{bgpd} can work as
1513 normal BGP router or Route Server or both at the same time.
1516 * Multiple instance::
1517 * BGP instance and view::
1519 * Viewing the view::
1522 @node Multiple instance
1523 @subsection Multiple instance
1525 To enable multiple view function of @code{bgpd}, you must turn on
1526 multiple instance feature beforehand.
1528 @deffn {Command} {bgp multiple-instance} {}
1529 Enable BGP multiple instance feature. After this feature is enabled,
1530 you can make multiple BGP instances or multiple BGP views.
1533 @deffn {Command} {no bgp multiple-instance} {}
1534 Disable BGP multiple instance feature. You can not disable this feature
1535 when BGP multiple instances or views exist.
1538 When you want to make configuration more Cisco like one,
1540 @deffn {Command} {bgp config-type cisco} {}
1541 Cisco compatible BGP configuration output.
1544 When bgp config-type cisco is specified,
1546 ``no synchronization'' is displayed.
1547 ``no auto-summary'' is displayed.
1549 ``network'' and ``aggregate-address'' argument is displayed as
1552 Quagga: network 10.0.0.0/8
1553 Cisco: network 10.0.0.0
1555 Quagga: aggregate-address 192.168.0.0/24
1556 Cisco: aggregate-address 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0
1558 Community attribute handling is also different. If there is no
1559 configuration is specified community attribute and extended community
1560 attribute are sent to neighbor. When user manually disable the
1561 feature community attribute is not sent to the neighbor. In case of
1562 @command{bgp config-type cisco} is specified, community attribute is not
1563 sent to the neighbor by default. To send community attribute user has
1564 to specify @command{neighbor A.B.C.D send-community} command.
1569 neighbor 10.0.0.1 remote-as 1
1570 no neighbor 10.0.0.1 send-community
1573 neighbor 10.0.0.1 remote-as 1
1574 neighbor 10.0.0.1 send-community
1578 @deffn {Command} {bgp config-type zebra} {}
1579 Quagga style BGP configuration. This is default.
1582 @node BGP instance and view
1583 @subsection BGP instance and view
1585 BGP instance is a normal BGP process. The result of route selection
1586 goes to the kernel routing table. You can setup different AS at the
1587 same time when BGP multiple instance feature is enabled.
1589 @deffn {Command} {router bgp @var{as-number}} {}
1590 Make a new BGP instance. You can use arbitrary word for the @var{name}.
1595 bgp multiple-instance
1598 neighbor 10.0.0.1 remote-as 2
1599 neighbor 10.0.0.2 remote-as 3
1602 neighbor 10.0.0.3 remote-as 4
1603 neighbor 10.0.0.4 remote-as 5
1607 BGP view is almost same as normal BGP process. The result of
1608 route selection does not go to the kernel routing table. BGP view is
1609 only for exchanging BGP routing information.
1611 @deffn {Command} {router bgp @var{as-number} view @var{name}} {}
1612 Make a new BGP view. You can use arbitrary word for the @var{name}. This
1613 view's route selection result does not go to the kernel routing table.
1616 With this command, you can setup Route Server like below.
1620 bgp multiple-instance
1623 neighbor 10.0.0.1 remote-as 2
1624 neighbor 10.0.0.2 remote-as 3
1627 neighbor 10.0.0.3 remote-as 4
1628 neighbor 10.0.0.4 remote-as 5
1632 @node Routing policy
1633 @subsection Routing policy
1635 You can set different routing policy for a peer. For example, you can
1636 set different filter for a peer.
1640 bgp multiple-instance
1643 neighbor 10.0.0.1 remote-as 2
1644 neighbor 10.0.0.1 distribute-list 1 in
1647 neighbor 10.0.0.1 remote-as 2
1648 neighbor 10.0.0.1 distribute-list 2 in
1652 This means BGP update from a peer 10.0.0.1 goes to both BGP view 1 and view
1653 2. When the update is inserted into view 1, distribute-list 1 is
1654 applied. On the other hand, when the update is inserted into view 2,
1655 distribute-list 2 is applied.
1657 @node Viewing the view
1658 @subsection Viewing the view
1660 To display routing table of BGP view, you must specify view name.
1662 @deffn {Command} {show ip bgp view @var{name}} {}
1663 Display routing table of BGP view @var{name}.
1666 @node How to set up a 6-Bone connection
1667 @section How to set up a 6-Bone connection
1675 ! Actually there is no need to configure zebra
1681 ! This means that routes go through zebra and into the kernel.
1685 ! MP-BGP configuration
1688 bgp router-id 10.0.0.1
1689 neighbor 3ffe:1cfa:0:2:2a0:c9ff:fe9e:f56 remote-as @var{as-number}
1692 network 3ffe:506::/32
1693 neighbor 3ffe:1cfa:0:2:2a0:c9ff:fe9e:f56 activate
1694 neighbor 3ffe:1cfa:0:2:2a0:c9ff:fe9e:f56 route-map set-nexthop out
1695 neighbor 3ffe:1cfa:0:2:2c0:4fff:fe68:a231 remote-as @var{as-number}
1696 neighbor 3ffe:1cfa:0:2:2c0:4fff:fe68:a231 route-map set-nexthop out
1699 ipv6 access-list all permit any
1701 ! Set output nexthop address.
1703 route-map set-nexthop permit 10
1704 match ipv6 address all
1705 set ipv6 nexthop global 3ffe:1cfa:0:2:2c0:4fff:fe68:a225
1706 set ipv6 nexthop local fe80::2c0:4fff:fe68:a225
1708 ! logfile FILENAME is obsolete. Please use log file FILENAME
1715 @node Dump BGP packets and table
1716 @section Dump BGP packets and table
1718 @deffn Command {dump bgp all @var{path} [@var{interval}]} {}
1719 @deffnx Command {dump bgp all-et @var{path} [@var{interval}]} {}
1720 @deffnx Command {no dump bgp all [@var{path}] [@var{interval}]} {}
1721 Dump all BGP packet and events to @var{path} file.
1722 If @var{interval} is set, a new file will be created for echo @var{interval} of seconds.
1723 The path @var{path} can be set with date and time formatting (strftime).
1724 The type ‘all-et’ enables support for Extended Timestamp Header (@pxref{Packet Binary Dump Format}).
1725 (@pxref{Packet Binary Dump Format})
1728 @deffn Command {dump bgp updates @var{path} [@var{interval}]} {}
1729 @deffnx Command {dump bgp updates-et @var{path} [@var{interval}]} {}
1730 @deffnx Command {no dump bgp updates [@var{path}] [@var{interval}]} {}
1731 Dump only BGP updates messages to @var{path} file.
1732 If @var{interval} is set, a new file will be created for echo @var{interval} of seconds.
1733 The path @var{path} can be set with date and time formatting (strftime).
1734 The type ‘updates-et’ enables support for Extended Timestamp Header (@pxref{Packet Binary Dump Format}).
1737 @deffn Command {dump bgp routes-mrt @var{path}} {}
1738 @deffnx Command {dump bgp routes-mrt @var{path} @var{interval}} {}
1739 @deffnx Command {no dump bgp route-mrt [@var{path}] [@var{interval}]} {}
1740 Dump whole BGP routing table to @var{path}. This is heavy process.
1741 The path @var{path} can be set with date and time formatting (strftime).
1742 If @var{interval} is set, a new file will be created for echo @var{interval} of seconds.
1745 Note: the interval variable can also be set using hours and minutes: 04h20m00.
1748 @node BGP Configuration Examples
1749 @section BGP Configuration Examples
1751 Example of a session to an upstream, advertising only one prefix to it.
1755 bgp router-id 10.236.87.1
1756 network 10.236.87.0/24
1757 neighbor upstream peer-group
1758 neighbor upstream remote-as 64515
1759 neighbor upstream capability dynamic
1760 neighbor upstream prefix-list pl-allowed-adv out
1761 neighbor 10.1.1.1 peer-group upstream
1762 neighbor 10.1.1.1 description ACME ISP
1764 ip prefix-list pl-allowed-adv seq 5 permit 82.195.133.0/25
1765 ip prefix-list pl-allowed-adv seq 10 deny any
1769 A more complex example. With upstream, peer and customer sessions.
1770 Advertising global prefixes and NO_EXPORT prefixes and providing
1771 actions for customer routes based on community values. Extensive use of
1772 route-maps and the 'call' feature to support selective advertising of
1773 prefixes. This example is intended as guidance only, it has NOT been
1774 tested and almost certainly containts silly mistakes, if not serious
1779 bgp router-id 10.236.87.1
1780 network 10.123.456.0/24
1781 network 10.123.456.128/25 route-map rm-no-export
1782 neighbor upstream capability dynamic
1783 neighbor upstream route-map rm-upstream-out out
1784 neighbor cust capability dynamic
1785 neighbor cust route-map rm-cust-in in
1786 neighbor cust route-map rm-cust-out out
1787 neighbor cust send-community both
1788 neighbor peer capability dynamic
1789 neighbor peer route-map rm-peer-in in
1790 neighbor peer route-map rm-peer-out out
1791 neighbor peer send-community both
1792 neighbor 10.1.1.1 remote-as 64515
1793 neighbor 10.1.1.1 peer-group upstream
1794 neighbor 10.2.1.1 remote-as 64516
1795 neighbor 10.2.1.1 peer-group upstream
1796 neighbor 10.3.1.1 remote-as 64517
1797 neighbor 10.3.1.1 peer-group cust-default
1798 neighbor 10.3.1.1 description customer1
1799 neighbor 10.3.1.1 prefix-list pl-cust1-network in
1800 neighbor 10.4.1.1 remote-as 64518
1801 neighbor 10.4.1.1 peer-group cust
1802 neighbor 10.4.1.1 prefix-list pl-cust2-network in
1803 neighbor 10.4.1.1 description customer2
1804 neighbor 10.5.1.1 remote-as 64519
1805 neighbor 10.5.1.1 peer-group peer
1806 neighbor 10.5.1.1 prefix-list pl-peer1-network in
1807 neighbor 10.5.1.1 description peer AS 1
1808 neighbor 10.6.1.1 remote-as 64520
1809 neighbor 10.6.1.1 peer-group peer
1810 neighbor 10.6.1.1 prefix-list pl-peer2-network in
1811 neighbor 10.6.1.1 description peer AS 2
1813 ip prefix-list pl-default permit 0.0.0.0/0
1815 ip prefix-list pl-upstream-peers permit 10.1.1.1/32
1816 ip prefix-list pl-upstream-peers permit 10.2.1.1/32
1818 ip prefix-list pl-cust1-network permit 10.3.1.0/24
1819 ip prefix-list pl-cust1-network permit 10.3.2.0/24
1821 ip prefix-list pl-cust2-network permit 10.4.1.0/24
1823 ip prefix-list pl-peer1-network permit 10.5.1.0/24
1824 ip prefix-list pl-peer1-network permit 10.5.2.0/24
1825 ip prefix-list pl-peer1-network permit 192.168.0.0/24
1827 ip prefix-list pl-peer2-network permit 10.6.1.0/24
1828 ip prefix-list pl-peer2-network permit 10.6.2.0/24
1829 ip prefix-list pl-peer2-network permit 192.168.1.0/24
1830 ip prefix-list pl-peer2-network permit 192.168.2.0/24
1831 ip prefix-list pl-peer2-network permit 172.16.1/24
1833 ip as-path access-list asp-own-as permit ^$
1834 ip as-path access-list asp-own-as permit _64512_
1836 ! #################################################################
1837 ! Match communities we provide actions for, on routes receives from
1838 ! customers. Communities values of <our-ASN>:X, with X, have actions:
1840 ! 100 - blackhole the prefix
1841 ! 200 - set no_export
1842 ! 300 - advertise only to other customers
1843 ! 400 - advertise only to upstreams
1844 ! 500 - set no_export when advertising to upstreams
1845 ! 2X00 - set local_preference to X00
1847 ! blackhole the prefix of the route
1848 ip community-list standard cm-blackhole permit 64512:100
1850 ! set no-export community before advertising
1851 ip community-list standard cm-set-no-export permit 64512:200
1853 ! advertise only to other customers
1854 ip community-list standard cm-cust-only permit 64512:300
1856 ! advertise only to upstreams
1857 ip community-list standard cm-upstream-only permit 64512:400
1859 ! advertise to upstreams with no-export
1860 ip community-list standard cm-upstream-noexport permit 64512:500
1862 ! set local-pref to least significant 3 digits of the community
1863 ip community-list standard cm-prefmod-100 permit 64512:2100
1864 ip community-list standard cm-prefmod-200 permit 64512:2200
1865 ip community-list standard cm-prefmod-300 permit 64512:2300
1866 ip community-list standard cm-prefmod-400 permit 64512:2400
1867 ip community-list expanded cme-prefmod-range permit 64512:2...
1869 ! Informational communities
1871 ! 3000 - learned from upstream
1872 ! 3100 - learned from customer
1873 ! 3200 - learned from peer
1875 ip community-list standard cm-learnt-upstream permit 64512:3000
1876 ip community-list standard cm-learnt-cust permit 64512:3100
1877 ip community-list standard cm-learnt-peer permit 64512:3200
1879 ! ###################################################################
1880 ! Utility route-maps
1882 ! These utility route-maps generally should not used to permit/deny
1883 ! routes, i.e. they do not have meaning as filters, and hence probably
1884 ! should be used with 'on-match next'. These all finish with an empty
1885 ! permit entry so as not interfere with processing in the caller.
1887 route-map rm-no-export permit 10
1888 set community additive no-export
1889 route-map rm-no-export permit 20
1891 route-map rm-blackhole permit 10
1892 description blackhole, up-pref and ensure it cant escape this AS
1893 set ip next-hop 127.0.0.1
1894 set local-preference 10
1895 set community additive no-export
1896 route-map rm-blackhole permit 20
1898 ! Set local-pref as requested
1899 route-map rm-prefmod permit 10
1900 match community cm-prefmod-100
1901 set local-preference 100
1902 route-map rm-prefmod permit 20
1903 match community cm-prefmod-200
1904 set local-preference 200
1905 route-map rm-prefmod permit 30
1906 match community cm-prefmod-300
1907 set local-preference 300
1908 route-map rm-prefmod permit 40
1909 match community cm-prefmod-400
1910 set local-preference 400
1911 route-map rm-prefmod permit 50
1913 ! Community actions to take on receipt of route.
1914 route-map rm-community-in permit 10
1915 description check for blackholing, no point continuing if it matches.
1916 match community cm-blackhole
1918 route-map rm-community-in permit 20
1919 match community cm-set-no-export
1922 route-map rm-community-in permit 30
1923 match community cme-prefmod-range
1925 route-map rm-community-in permit 40
1927 ! #####################################################################
1928 ! Community actions to take when advertising a route.
1929 ! These are filtering route-maps,
1931 ! Deny customer routes to upstream with cust-only set.
1932 route-map rm-community-filt-to-upstream deny 10
1933 match community cm-learnt-cust
1934 match community cm-cust-only
1935 route-map rm-community-filt-to-upstream permit 20
1937 ! Deny customer routes to other customers with upstream-only set.
1938 route-map rm-community-filt-to-cust deny 10
1939 match community cm-learnt-cust
1940 match community cm-upstream-only
1941 route-map rm-community-filt-to-cust permit 20
1943 ! ###################################################################
1944 ! The top-level route-maps applied to sessions. Further entries could
1945 ! be added obviously..
1948 route-map rm-cust-in permit 10
1949 call rm-community-in
1951 route-map rm-cust-in permit 20
1952 set community additive 64512:3100
1953 route-map rm-cust-in permit 30
1955 route-map rm-cust-out permit 10
1956 call rm-community-filt-to-cust
1958 route-map rm-cust-out permit 20
1960 ! Upstream transit ASes
1961 route-map rm-upstream-out permit 10
1962 description filter customer prefixes which are marked cust-only
1963 call rm-community-filt-to-upstream
1965 route-map rm-upstream-out permit 20
1966 description only customer routes are provided to upstreams/peers
1967 match community cm-learnt-cust
1970 ! outbound policy is same as for upstream
1971 route-map rm-peer-out permit 10
1972 call rm-upstream-out
1974 route-map rm-peer-in permit 10
1975 set community additive 64512:3200