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Configuring BGP
Feature and hardware compatibility
Feature F1000-A-EI/E-SI/S-AI F1000-E F5000-A5 Firewall module
BFD for BGP No No Yes No
Overview
The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a dynamic inter-AS Exterior Gateway Protocol.
There are three early BGP versions, BGP-1 (RFC 1105), BGP-2 (RFC 1163) and BGP-3 (RFC 1267). The
current version in use is BGP-4 (RFC 4271), which is the defacto Internet exterior gateway protocol used
between ISPs.
Configuring BGP in the web interface
Configuration prerequisites
Before you configure BGP, complete the following tasks:
• Configure the link layer protocol.
• Configure IP addresses for interfaces, and make sure that all neighboring nodes can reach each
other at the network layer.
Recommend configuration procedure
Task Remarks
Enable BGP Configuring BGP globally
Required.
Enable OSPF on all interfaces.
Import static routes Configuring BGP globally
Optional.
Configure BGP to redistribute static routes.
Configuring BGP peer
Required.
Configure the IP address and AS number for the BGP
peer.
Displaying BGP peer information
Optional.
Display the IP address, AS number, version and current
state of the BGP peer.