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Optional configuration tasks

AS1 contains a cluster with two route reflectors and two clients. The route reflectors are fully
meshed with other BGP4 routers, but the clients are not fully meshed. They rely on the route
reflectors to propagate BGP4 route updates.

FIGURE 102

Example of a route reflector configuration

Support for RFC 2796

Route reflection on devices is based on RFC 2796. This updated RFC helps eliminate routing loops
that are possible in some implementations of the older specification, RFC 1966.

NOTE

The configuration procedure for route reflection is the same regardless of whether your software
release is using RFC 1966 or RFC 2796. However, the operation of the feature is different as
explained below.

RFC 2796 provides more details than RFC 1966 regarding the use of the route reflection attributes,
ORIGINATOR_ID and CLUSTER_LIST, to help prevent loops:

ORIGINATOR_ID – Specifies the router ID of the BGP4 switch that originated the route. The
route reflector inserts this attribute when reflecting a route to an IBGP neighbor. If a BGP4
switch receives an advertisement that contains its own router ID as the ORIGINATOR_ID, the
switch discards the advertisement and does not forward it.

CLUSTER_LIST – A list of the route reflection clusters through which the advertisement has
passed. A cluster contains a route reflector and its clients. When a route reflector reflects a
route, the route reflector adds its cluster ID to the front of the CLUSTER_LIST. If a route reflector
receives a route that has its own cluster ID, the switch discards the advertisement and does
not forward it.

The device handles the attributes as follows:

Route

Reflector 1

Route

Reflector 2

Route

Reflector

Client 1

Route

Reflector

Client 2

EBGP

IBGP

IBGP

IBGP

AS 1

AS 2

Cluster 1

10.0.1.0

10.0.2.0

Switch

Switch

Switch