H3C Technologies H3C S12500 Series Switches - Manual (Page 249)

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To enable MD5 authentication for TCP connections:
Step 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
Optional.
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:
Step 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 number
By default, load balancing is not
enabled.
Forbidding session establishment with a peer or peer group
This task allows you to temporarily tear down the BGP session to a specific peer or peer group. To recover
the session, execute the undo peer ignore command. In this way, you can implement network upgrade
and maintenance without deleting and then configuring the peer or peer group.
To forbid session establishment with a peer or peer group:
Step Command Remarks
1. Enter system view. system-view N/A