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NOTE:

Do not specify any AS number for a peer before adding it into the peer group.

Peers added in the group can have different AS numbers.

Configuring BGP community

A BGP community is a group of destinations with the same characteristics. It has no geographical

boundaries and is independent of ASs.
You can configure a routing policy to define which destinations belong to a BGP community and then
advertise the community attribute to a peer/peer group.
You can apply a routing policy to filter routes advertised to/received from a peer/peer group according

to the community attribute. This way helps simplify policy configuration and management.
For how to configure a routing policy, see "Configuring routing policies."
To configure BGP community:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enter BGP view.

bgp as-number

N/A

3.

Advertise the community
attribute to a peer/peer group.

Advertise the community attribute
to a peer/peer group:

peer { group-name | ip-address }

advertise-community

Advertise the extended

community attribute to a

peer/peer group:
peer { group-name | ip-address }

advertise-ext-community

Not configured by default.

Not configured by default.

4.

Apply a routing policy to routes
advertised to a peer/peer

group.

peer { group-name | ip-address }
route-policy route-policy-name

export

Not configured by default.

Configuring a BGP route reflector

If an AS has many BGP routers, you can configure them as a cluster and configure one of them as a route

reflector and others as clients to reduce IBGP connections.
To enhance network reliability and prevent single point of failure, specify multiple route reflectors for a

cluster. The route reflectors in the cluster must have the same cluster ID to avoid routing loops.
To configure a BGP route reflector:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enter BGP view.

bgp as-number

N/A

3.

Configure the router as a route

reflector and specify a
peer/peer group as its client.

peer { group-name | ip-address }
reflect-client

Not configured by default.