CCCNP ROUTE v6_ch06

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ROUTE v6 Chapter 6
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Chapter 6:
Implementing a Border
Gateway Protocol
Solution for ISP
Connectivity
CCNP ROUTE: Implementing IP Routing

Chapter 6
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Chapter 6 Objectives
 Describe basic BGP terminology and operation,
including EBGP and IBGP.
 Configure basic BGP.
 Verify and troubleshoot basic BGP.
 Describe and configure various methods for
manipulating path selection.
 Describe and configure various methods of
filtering BGP rotuing updates.

Chapter 6
BGP Terminology,
Concepts, and
Operation

Chapter 6
IGP versus EGP
 Interior gateway protocol (IGP)
• A routing protocol operating within an Autonomous System (AS).
• RIP, OSPF, and EIGRP are IGPs.
 Exterior gateway protocol (EGP)
• A routing protocol operating between different AS.
• BGP is an interdomain routing protocol (IDRP) and is an EGP.

Chapter 6
Autonomous Systems (AS)
 An AS is a group of routers that share similar routing
policies and operate within a single administrative
domain.
 An AS typically belongs to one organization.
• A single or multiple interior gateway protocols (IGP) may be used
within the AS.
• In either case, the outside world views the entire AS as a single entity.
 If an AS connects to the public Internet using an exterior
gateway protocol such as BGP, then it must be assigned a
unique AS number which is managed by the Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).

Chapter 6
IANA
 The IANA is responsible for allocating AS numbers through five
Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).
• RIRs are nonprofit corporations established for the purpose of
administration and registration of IP address space and AS numbers in key
geographic locations.

Chapter 6
Regional Internet Registries (RIRs)
RIR Name Geographic Coverage Link
AfriNIC Continent of Africa www.afrinic.net
APNIC
(Asia Pacific Network
Information Centre)
Asia Pacific region www.apnic.net
ARIN
(American Registry for
Internet Numbers)
Canada, the United States,
and several islands in the
Caribbean Sea and North
Atlantic Ocean
www.arin.net
LACNIC
(Latin America and Caribbean
Internet Addresses Registry)
Central and South America
and portions of the Caribbean
www.lacnic.net
RIPE
(Réseaux IP Européens)
Europe, the Middle East, and
Central Asia
www.ripe.net

Chapter 6
AS Numbers
 AS numbers can be between 1 to 65,535.
• RIRs manage the AS numbers between 1 and 64,512.
• The 64,512 - 65,535 numbers are reserved for private use (similar to
IP Private addresses).
• The IANA is enforcing a policy whereby organizations that connect to
a single provider use an AS number from the private pool.
 Note:
• The current AS pool of addresses is predicted to run out by 2012.
• For this reason, the IETF has released RFC 4893 and RFC 5398.
• These RFCs describe BGP extensions to increase the AS number
from the two-octet (16-bit) field to a four-octet (32-bits) field,
increasing the pool size from 65,536 to 4,294,967,296 values.

Chapter 6
BGP Basics
 The Internet is a collection of autonomous
systems that are interconnected to allow
communication among them.
• BGP provides the routing between these autonomous
systems.
 BGP is a path vector protocol.
 It is the only routing protocol to use TCP.
• OSPF and EIGRP operate directly over IP. IS-IS is at the
network layer.
• RIP uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) for its
transport layer.

Chapter 6
BGP Basics
 BGP version 4 (BGP-4) is the latest version of
BGP.
• Defined in RFC 4271.
• Supports supernetting, CIDR and VLSM .
 BGP4 and CIDR prevent the Internet routing table
from becoming too large.
• Without CIDR, the Internet would have 2,000,000 +
entries.
• With CIDR, Internet core routers manage around 300,000
entries.
• http://bgp.potaroo.net/

Chapter 6
# of Current BGP Routes
7 Day BGP Profile: 24-August-2010 00:00 - 30-August-2010 23:59 (UTC+1000)
Number of BGP Update Messages: 1195261
Number of Prefix Updates: 2787149
Number of Prefix Withdrawals: 490070
Average Prefixes per BGP Update: 2.74
Average BGP Update Messages per second: 1.73
Average Prefix Updates per second: 4.74
Peak BGP Update Message Rate per second: 3848 (19:25:51 Mon, 30-Aug-2010)
Peak Prefix Update Rate per second: 66398 (07:07:37 Mon, 30-Aug-2010)
Peak Prefix Withdraw Rate per second: 16512 (19:26:14 Mon, 30-Aug-2010)
Prefix Count: 432984
Updated Prefix Count: 428644
Stable Prefix Count: 10817
Origin AS Count: 35292
Updated Origin AS Count: 34786
Stable Origin AS Count: 506
Unique Path Count: 215660
Updated Path Count: 195814
Stable Path Count: 19846
As of August 13, 2012, there were 428,644 routes in the routing tables of the
Internet core routers.
http://bgpupdates.potaroo.net/instability/bgpupd.html

Chapter 6
Peers = Neighbors
 A “BGP peer,” also known as a “BGP neighbor,” is
a specific term that is used for BGP speakers that
have established a neighbor relationship.
 Any two routers that have formed a TCP
connection to exchange BGP routing information
are called BGP peers or BGP neighbors.

Chapter 6
BGP Operational Overview
 When two routers establish a TCP enabled BGP
connection, they are called neighbors or peers.
• Peer routers exchange multiple connection messages.
 Each router running BGP is called a BGP speaker.

Chapter 6
BGP Operational Overview
 When BGP neighbors first establish a connection, they
exchange all candidate BGP routes.
• After this initial exchange, incremental updates are sent as
network information changes.

Chapter 6
BGP Use Between AS
 BGP provides an interdomain routing system that guarantees
the loop-free exchange of routing information between
autonomous systems.

Chapter 6
Comparison BGP with IGPs
 BGP works differently than IGPs because it does
not make routing decisions based on best path
metrics.
• Instead, BGP is a policy-based routing protocol that allows
an AS to control traffic flow using multiple BGP attributes.
 Routers running BGP exchange network
attributes including a list of the full path of BGP
AS numbers that a router should take to reach a
destination network.
 BGP allows an organization to fully use all of its
bandwidth by manipulating these path attributes.

Chapter 6
Comparing IGPs with BGP
Protocol
Interior or
Exterior
Type
Hierarchy
Required?
Metric
RIP Interior
Distance
vector
No Hop count
OSPF Interior Link state Yes Cost
IS-IS Interior Link state Yes Metric
EIGRP Interior
Advanced
distance
vector
No Composite
BGP Exterior Path vector No
Path vectors
(attributes)

Chapter 6
Connecting Enterprise Networks to an ISP
 Modern corporate IP networks connect to the global
Internet.
 Requirements that must be determined for connecting an
enterprise to an ISP include the following:
• Public IP address space
• Enterprise-to-ISP connection link type and bandwidth
• Connection redundancy
• Routing protocol

Chapter 6
Public IP Address Space
 Public IP addresses are used:
• By internal enterprise clients to access the Internet
using NAT.
• To make enterprise servers accessible from the Internet
using static NAT.
 Public IP addresses are available from ISPs and
RIRs.
• Most enterprises acquire their IP addresses and AS
number from ISPs.
• Large enterprises may want to acquire IP addresses and
AS number from a RIR.

Chapter 6
Connection and Routing Questions
 Which connection options does the ISP offer?
 Which routing options does the ISP offer?
 Will the enterprise network be connected to multiple
ISPs?
 Does the routing need to support one link to an ISP or
multiple links, to one or multiple ISPs?
 Is traffic load balancing over multiple links required?
 How much routing information needs to be
exchanged with the ISP?
 Does the routing need to respond to the changes in
the network topology, such as when a link goes
down?

Chapter 6
Using Static Routes Example
 Static routes are the simplest way to implement routing with
an ISP.
• Typically a customer has a single connection to an ISP and the
customer uses a default route toward the ISP while the ISP deploys
static routes toward the customer.
PE(config)# ip route 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 serial 0/0/1
Company A
Internet
PER1
S0/0/1
10.0.0.0
172.16.0.0
172.17.0.0
ISP
S0/0/0
R1(config)# router eigrp 110
R1(config-router)# network 10.0.0.0
R1(config-router)# exit
R1(config)# ip default-network 0.0.0.0
R1(config)# ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 serial 0/0/0

Chapter 6
Using Layer 2 Circuit Emulation Example
 Service providers may offer Layer 2 MPLS VPN to connect
Company A’s sites.
• The VPN provides a Layer 2 service across the backbone and Company
A’s edge routers are connected together on the same IP subnet.
• There is no routing exchange between the ISP and Company A.

Chapter 6
Using Layer 3 MPLS VPN Example
 Service providers may offer Layer 3 MPLS VPN.
• The VPN provides a Layer 3 service across the backbone and Company
A’s edge routers are connected to ISP edge routers using different IP
subnets.
• Routing between the customer and ISP is required.

Chapter 6
Using BGP
 BGP can be used to dynamically exchange routing
information.
 BGP can also be configured to react to topology changes
beyond a customer-to-ISP link.
Company A
AS 65010
Internet
PER1
S0/0/1
ISP
AS 65020
S0/0/0

Chapter 6
Connection Redundancy
 Redundancy can be achieved by deploying
redundant links, deploying redundant devices, and
using redundant components within a router.
• The ISP connection can also be made redundant.
 When a customer is connected to a single ISP the
connection is referred to as single-homed or dual-
homed.
 When a customer is connected to multiple ISPs the
connection is referred to as multihomed or dual-
multihomed.

Chapter 6
Connection Redundancy
Dual-multihomedDual-homed
MultihomedSingle-homed
Connecting to Two or more ISPsConnecting to One ISP

Chapter 6
Connecting to One ISP: Single-Homed
 The connection type depends on the ISP offering (e.g., leased line,
xDSL, Ethernet) and link failure results in a no Internet connectivity.
 The figure displays two options:
• Option 1: Static routes are typically used with a static default route from the
customer to the ISP, and static routes from the ISP toward customer
networks.
• Option 2: When BGP is used, the customer dynamically advertises its public
networks and the ISP propagates a default route to the customer.
Company A
AS 65010
Internet
PER1 S0/0/1
ISP
AS 65020
S0/0/0
Static Route(s)Default Route
BGP
Option 1:
Option 2:

Chapter 6
Connecting to One ISP: Dual-Homed
 The figure displays two dual-homed options:
• Option 1: Both links can be connected to one customer router.
• Option 2: To enhance resiliency, the two links can terminate at
separate routers in the customer’s network.
Company A
Internet
ISP
Option 1:
PER1
Company A
Internet
ISP
Option 2:
PER1
R2

Chapter 6
Connecting to One ISP: Dual-Homed
 Routing deployment options include:
• Primary and backup link functionality in case the primary link fails.
• Load sharing using Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF).
 Regardless, routing can be either static or dynamic (BGP).
Company A
Internet
ISP
Option 1:
PER1
Company A
Internet
ISP
Option 2:
PER1
R2

Chapter 6
Connecting to Multiple ISPs: Multihomed
 Connections from different ISPs can terminate on the same
router, or on different routers to further enhance the resiliency.
 Routing must be capable of reacting to dynamic changes
therefore BGP is typically used.
Company A
Internet
ISP 1
PE
R1
R2
ISP 2
PE

Chapter 6
Connecting to Multiple ISPs: Multihomed
 Multihomed benefits include:
• Achieving an ISP-independent solution.
• Scalability of the solution, beyond two ISPs.
• Resistance to a failure to a single ISP.
• Load sharing for different destination networks between ISPs.
Company A
Internet
ISP 1
PE
R1
R2
ISP 2
PE

Chapter 6
Connecting Multiple ISPs: Dual-Multihomed
 Dual multihomed includes all the benefits of multihomed
connectivity, with enhanced resiliency.
 The configuration typically has multiple edge routers, one
per ISP, and uses BGP.
Company A
Internet
ISP 1
PE
R1
R2
ISP 2
PE

Chapter 6
Using BGP in an Enterprise Network
 When BGP is running between routers in different AS, it is
called External BGP (EBGP).
 When BGP is running between routers in the same AS, it is
called Internal BGP (IBGP).
EBGP
EBGP
IBGP
IBGP
IBGP

Chapter 6
External BGP
 EBGP neighbors are in different autonomous systems.
• EBGP neighbors need to be directly connected.

Chapter 6
EBGP Neighbor Relationship Requirements
 Define neighbors:
• A TCP session (three-way handshake) must be
established before starting BGP routing update
exchanges.
 Reachability:
• EBGP neighbors are usually directly connected.
 Different AS number:
• EBGP neighbors must have different AS numbers.

Chapter 6
Internal BGP
 IBGP neighbors are in the same autonomous systems.
• IBGP neighbors do not need to be directly connected.

Chapter 6
IBGP Neighbor Relationship Requirements
 Define neighbors:
• A TCP session (three-way handshake) must be
established before starting BGP routing update
exchanges.
 Reachability:
• IBGP neighbors must be reachable usually by using an
IGP.
• Loopback IP addresses are typically used to identify
IBGP neighbors.
 Same AS number:
• IBGP neighbors must have the same AS number.

Chapter 6
IBGP in a Transit AS
 A transit AS is an AS that routes traffic from one external AS to
another external AS.
 In this example, AS 65102 is a service provider network.
• Only the two edge routers (router B and E) are running BGP and have
established an IBGP neighbor relationship using OSPF.
• Although the EBGP routes could be redistributed into OSPF, the
potential number of BGP routes may overwhelm OSPF and is
therefore not recommended.

Chapter 6
IBGP in a Transit AS
 A better solution for a provider network would be to have a fully
meshed BGP internetwork.
• BGP runs on all internal routers and all routers establish IBGP sessions.
• IBGP routers have complete knowledge of external routes.

Chapter 6
IBGP in a Nontransit AS
 A nontransit AS is an AS that does not route traffic from
one external AS to another external AS.
• Nontransit AS networks are typically enterprise networks.
 All routers in a nontransit AS must still have complete
knowledge of external routes.
 To avoid routing loops within an AS, BGP specifies that
routes learned through IBGP are never propagated to
other IBGP peers.
• It is assumed that the sending IBGP neighbor is fully meshed with all
other IBGP speakers and has sent each IBGP neighbor the update.

Chapter 6
BGP in an Enterprise Example
 Enterprise AS 65500 is learning
routes from both ISP-A and ISP-
B via EBGP and is also running
IBGP on all of its routers.
• If one of the connections to the ISPs
goes down, traffic will be sent
through the other ISP.
 An undesirable situation could
occur if the enterprise AS is
configured as a transit AS.
• For example, AS 65500 learns the
172.18.0.0/16 route from ISP-A.
• If router B advertises that route
to ISP-B, then ISP-B may decide
to use it.
• This undesirable configuration
could be avoided through careful
BGP configuration.

Chapter 6
Default Routes from All Providers

Chapter 6
BGP Path Vector Characteristics
 Internal routing protocols announce a list of
networks and the metrics to get to each network.
 In contrast, BGP routers exchange network
reachability information, called path vectors, made
up of path attributes.

Chapter 6
BGP Path Vector Characteristics
 The path vector information includes:
• A list of the full path of BGP AS numbers (hop by hop) necessary to
reach a destination network.
• Other attributes including the IP address to get to the next AS (the next-
hop attribute) and how the networks at the end of the path were
introduced into BGP (the origin code attribute).

Chapter 6
When to Use BGP
 Most appropriate when the effects of BGP are well-
understood and at least one of the following
conditions exists:
• The AS has multiple connections to other autonomous
systems.
• The AS allows packets to transit through it to reach
other autonomous systems (eg, it is a service provider).
• Routing policy and route selection for traffic entering
and leaving the AS must be manipulated.

Chapter 6
When Not to Use BGP
 Do not use BGP if one or more of the following
conditions exist:
• A single connection to the Internet or another AS.
• Lack of memory or processor power on edge routers to
handle constant BGP updates.
• You have a limited understanding of route filtering and
the BGP path-selection process.
 In these cases, use static or default routes
instead.

Chapter 6
BGP Synchronization
 The BGP synchronization rule states that:
• “A BGP router should not use, or advertise to an
external neighbor, a route learned by IBGP, unless
that route is local or is learned from the IGP.”
• If synchronization is enabled, a router learning a route via IBGP waits
until the IGP has propagated the route within the autonomous system
and then advertises it to external peers.
• With the default of synchronization disabled, BGP can use and
advertise to external BGP neighbors routes learned from an IBGP
neighbor that are not present in the local routing table.
 BGP synchronization is disabled by default in Cisco IOS
Software Release 12.2(8)T and later.
• It was on by default in earlier Cisco IOS Software releases.

Chapter 6
BGP Table
 BGP keeps its own table for storing BGP
information received from and sent to BGP
neighbors.
• This table is also known as the BGP table, BGP topology
table, BGP topology database, BGP routing table, and
the BGP forwarding database.
 The router offers the best routes from the BGP
table to the IP routing table.

Chapter 6
BGP Tables
 Neighbor table
• List of BGP neighbors
 BGP table (forwarding database)
• List of all networks learned from each neighbor
• Can contain multiple paths to destination networks
• Contains BGP attributes for each path
 IP routing table
• List of best paths to destination networks

Chapter 6
BGP Message Types
 There are four different BGP message types:
16 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 7
Marker Length Type Version AS Hold Time BGP ID
Optional
Length
Optional
Open Message
Octets
16 2 1 2 Variable 2 Variable Variable
Marker Length Type
Unfeasible Routes
length
Withdrawn
Routes
Attribute
Length
Attributes NLRI
Update Message
Octets
16 2 1 1 1 Variable
Marker Length Type Error Code
Error
Sub-code
Diagnostic
Data
Notification Message
Octets
16 2 1
Marker Length Type
Keepalive Message
Octets

Chapter 6
BGP Message Header
 All messages begin with the same 3 field headers
16 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 7
Optional
Length
Optional
Open Message
Octets
Marker Length Type
Unfeasible Routes
length
Withdrawn
Routes
Attribute
Length
Attributes NLRI
Update Message
Octets
16 2 1 1 1 Variable
Error
Sub-code
Diagnostic
Data
Octets
16 2 1
Marker Length Type
Keepalive Message
Octets

Chapter 6
Open Message
 Once a TCP connection has been established, the Open
message is sent and includes a set of parameters that have
to be agreed upon before a full BGP adjacency can be
established.
 Once both BGP peers have agreed upon mutual
capabilities, they can start exchanging routing information
by means of BGP Update messages.
16 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 7
Optional
Length
Optional
Open Message
Octets

Chapter 6
Update Message
 Update messages contain all the information BGP uses to
construct a loop-free picture of the internetwork.
 A BGP update message has information on one path only;
multiple paths require multiple update messages.
• All the attributes in the update message refer to that path, and the
networks are those that can be reached through it.
Marker Length Type
Unfeasible
Routes Length
Withdrawn
Routes
Attribute
Length
Path
Attributes
NLRI
Octets
Update Message

Chapter 6
Update Message
 An update message includes the following information:
• Unreachable routes information
• Path attribute information
• Network-layer reachability information (NLRI)
• This field contains a list of IP address prefixes that are reachable by this
path.
Marker Length Type
Unfeasible
Routes Length
Withdrawn
Routes
Attribute
Length
Path
Attributes
NLRI
Octets
Update Message
Unreachable Routes
Information
Path Attributes
Information
NLRI
Information

Chapter 6
NLRI format
 The NLRI is a list of <length, prefix> tuples.
• One tuple for each reachable destination.
• The prefix represents the reachable destination
• The prefix length represents the # of bits set in the subnet mask.
IP Address Subnet Mask NLRI
10.1.1.0 255.255.255.0 24, 10.1.1.0
192.24.160.0 255.255.224.0 19, 192.24.160.0

Chapter 6
 A BGP notification message is sent when an error condition
is detected.
• The BGP connection is closed immediately after this is sent.
 Notification messages include an error code, an error
subcode, and data related to the error.
16 2 1 1 1 Variable
Error
Sub-code
Diagnostic
Data
Octets

Chapter 6
Notification
Message
 Sample error codes and
their associated subcodes.

Chapter 6
Keepalive Message Type
 Keepalive messages are sent between peers every 60
seconds (by default) to maintain connections.
 The message consists of only a message header (19
bytes).
• Hold time is three times the KEEPALIVE timer of 60 seconds.
• If the periodic timer = 0, no keepalives are sent.
• Recommended keepalive interval is one-third of the hold time interval.
16 2 1
Marker Length Type
Keepalive Message
Octets

Chapter 6
Path Attributes
 Path attributes are a set of BGP metrics describing
the path to a network (route).
• BGP uses the path attributes to determine the best path to
the networks.
• Some attributes are mandatory and automatically
included in update messages while others are manually
configurable.
 BGP attributes can be used to enforce a routing
policy.
 Configuring BGP attributes provides administrators
with many more path control options.
• E.g., filter routing information, prefer certain paths,
customize BGP’s behavior.

Chapter 6
Path Attributes
 A BGP update message includes a variable-length
sequence of path attributes describing the route.
 A path attribute consists of three fields:
• Attribute type
• Attribute length
• Attribute value
Marker Length Type
Unfeasible
Routes Length
Withdrawn
Routes
Attribute
Length
Path
Attributes
NLRI
Octets
Update Message
Path Attributes
Information
BGP Attribute Type
• Type code 1 ORIGIN
• Type code 2 AS_PATH
• Type code 3 NEXT_HOP
• Type code 4 MULTI_EXIT_DISC
• Type code 5 LOCAL_PREF
• Type code 6 ATOMIC_AGGREGATE
• Type code 7 AGGREGATOR
• Type code 8 Community (Cisco-defined)
• Type code 9 Originator-ID (Cisco-defined)
• Type code 10 Cluster list (Cisco-defined)

Chapter 6
Path Attributes Within Update Message
Wireshark capture of an
update message
indicating the path
attributes to reach
network 172.19.0.0/16.

Chapter 6
Attributes
 Some attributes are mandatory and automatically included
in update messages while others are manually configurable.
Attribute EBGP IBGP
AS_PATH Well-known Mandatory
Well-known
Mandatory
NEXT_HOP Well-known Mandatory
Well-known
Mandatory
ORIGIN Well-known Mandatory
Well-known
Mandatory
LOCAL_PREF Not allowed Well-known Discretionary
ATOMIC_AGGREGATE Well-known Discretionary Well-known Discretionary
AGGREGATOR Optional Transitive
Optional
Transitive
COMMUNITY Optional Transitive
Optional
Transitive
MULTI_EXIT_DISC Optional Nontransitive
Optional
Nontransitive
Automatically
included in
update
message
Can be
configured
to help
provide path
control.

Chapter 6
Path Attributes
 There are four different attribute types.
• Not all vendors recognize the same BGP attributes.

Chapter 6
Well-Known Mandatory
 Attribute is recognized by all implementations of BGP
and must appear in a BGP update message.
• If missing, a notification error will be generated.
 Well-known mandatory attributes ensures that all BGP
implementations agree on a standard set of attributes.

Chapter 6
Well-Known Mandatory: AS_PATH
 The AS_PATH attribute
contains a list of AS
numbers to reach a route.
 Whenever a route update
passes through an AS, the
AS number is added to the
beginning of the AS_PATH
attribute before it is
advertised to the next
EBGP neighbor.

Chapter 6
Well-Known Mandatory: AS_PATH
 BGP always includes the AS_PATH attribute in its update.

Chapter 6
Well-Known Mandatory: NEXT_HOP
 The NEXT_HOP attribute indicates the IP address
that is to be used to reach a destination.
 The IP address is the entry point of the next AS
along the path to that destination network.
• Therefore, for EBGP, the next-hop address is the IP
address of the neighbor that sent the update.

Chapter 6
Well-Known Mandatory: ORIGIN
 The ORIGIN attribute defines the origin of the path which
could be:
• IGP:
• The route is interior to the originating AS and normally occurs when a
network command is used to advertise the route via BGP.
• An origin of IGP is indicated with an “i” in the BGP table.
• EGP:
• (Obsolete) The route is learned via EGP which is considered a historic
routing protocol and is not supported on the Internet.
• An origin of EGP is indicated with an “e” in the BGP table.
• Incomplete:
• The route’s origin is unknown or is learned via some other means and
usually occurs when a route is redistributed into BGP.
• An incomplete origin is indicated with a “?” in the BGP table.

Chapter 6
Well-Known Mandatory: ORIGIN
R1# show ip bgp
BGP table version is 24, local router ID is 172.16.1.2
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i -
internal
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 192.208.10.0 192.208.10.5 0 0 300 i
*> 172.16.1.0 0.0.0.0 0 32768 i
<output omitted>
R1# show ip bgp
<output omitted>
*> 10.1.1.0/24 0.0.0.0 0 32768 ?
*> 192.168.1.0/24 10.1.1.2 84 32768 ?
*> 192.168.2.0/24 10.1.1.2 74 32768 ?
<output omitted>
i = Route generated
by the network
command.
? = Route generated
by unknown
method (usually
redistributed).

Chapter 6
Well-Known Discretionary
 Attribute is recognized by all implementations of BGP
but may not be sent in the BGP update message.

Chapter 6
Well-Known Discretionary: LOCAL_PREF
 The Local Preference attribute provides an
indication to the “local” routers in the AS about
which path is preferred to exit the AS.
• A path with a higher local preference is preferred.
• The default value for local preference on a Cisco router is
100.
 It is configured on a router and exchanged
between IBGP routers.
• It is not passed to EBGP peers.

Chapter 6
Well-Known Discretionary: LOCAL_PREF
 Routers A and B are IBGP neighbors in AS 64520 and both
receive updates about network 172.16.0.0 from different
directions.
• The local preference on router A is set to 200.
• The local preference on router B is set to 150.
 Because the local preference for router A is higher, it is selected
as the preferred exit point from AS 64520.

Chapter 6
Configuring the Default Local Preference
 The bgp default local-preference
command changes the default local preference
value.
• With this command, all IBGP routes that are advertised
have the local preference set to the value specified.
• If an EBGP neighbor receives a local preference value,
the EBGP neighbor ignores it.

Chapter 6
Well-Known Discretionary: ATOMIC_AGGREGATE
 The Atomic Aggregate attribute is used to indicate that
routes have been summarized.
• Attribute warns that the received information may not necessarily be
the most complete route information available.
 Attribute is set to either True or False with “true” alerting
other BGP routers that multiple destinations have been
grouped into a single update.
• Router update includes its router ID and AS number along with the
supernet route enabling administrators to determine which BGP router
is responsible for a particular instance of aggregation.
• Tracing a supernet to its original "aggregator" may be necessary for
troubleshooting purposes.

Chapter 6
Optional Transitive
 Attribute may or may not be recognized by all BGP
implementations.
 Because the attribute is transitive, BGP accepts and advertises
the attribute even if it is not recognized.

Chapter 6
Optional Transitive: Community
 The BGP community attribute can be used to
filter incoming or outgoing routes.
• BGP routers can tag routes with an indicator (the
community) and allow other routers to make decisions
based on that tag.
 If a router does not understand the concept of
communities, it defers to the next router.
• However, if the router does understand the concept, it
must be configured to propagate the community;
otherwise, communities are dropped by default.
 Communities are not restricted to one network or
one AS, and they have no physical boundaries.

Chapter 6
Optional Nontransitive
 Attribute that may or may not be recognized by all BGP
implementations.
 Whether or not the receiving BGP router recognizes the
attribute, it is nontransitive and is not passed along to
other BGP peers.

Chapter 6
Optional Nontransitive: MED
 The Multiple Exit Discriminator (MED) attribute, also called
the metric, provides a hint to external neighbors about
the preferred path into an AS that has multiple entry
points.
• Lower MED is preferred over a higher MED!
 The MED is sent to EBGP peers and those routers
propagate the MED within their AS.
• The routers within the AS use the MED, but do not pass it on to
the next AS.
• When the same update is passed on to another AS, the metric will be
set back to the default of 0.
 By using the MED attribute, BGP is the only protocol that
can affect how routes are sent into an AS.

Chapter 6
Optional Nontransitive:
MED
 Routers B and C include a MED attribute in the updates to
router A.
• Router B MED attribute is set to 150.
• Router C MED attribute is set to 200.
 When A receives updates from B and C, it picks router B as the
best next hop because of the lower MED.

Chapter 6
Cisco Weight Attribute
 The Weight attribute is a Cisco proprietary attribute.
 Similar in function to the local preference, the weight
attribute applies when 1 router has multiple exit points.
• Local preference is used when 2+ routers provide multiple exit points.
 It is configured locally on a router and is not propagated to
any other routers.
• Routes with a higher weight are preferred when multiple routes exist
to the same destination.
 The weight can have a value from 0 to 65535.
• Paths that the router originates have a weight of 32768 by default,
and other paths have a weight of 0 by default.

Chapter 6
Cisco Weight Attribute
 Routers B and C learn about network 172.20.0.0 from AS 65250
and propagate the update to router A.
• Therefore Router A has two ways to reach 172.20.0.0.
 Router A sets the weight of updates as follows:
• Updates coming from router B are set to 200
• Updates coming from router C are set to 150.
 Router A uses router B because of the higher weight.

Chapter 6
BGP Route Selection Process
 The BGP best path decision is based on the value of
attributes that the update contains and other BGP-
configurable factors.
 BGP considers only synchronized routes with no AS
loops and a valid next-hop address.

Chapter 6
• Prefer the route with highest
weight.
• Prefer the route with highest
LOCAL_PREF.
• Prefer the locally generated route
(network or aggregate routes).
• Prefer the route with the shortest
AS-PATH.
• Prefer the route with the lowest
ORIGIN (IGP<EGP<incomplete)
MED.
• Prefer the EBGP route over IBGP
route.
• Prefer the route through the
closest IGP neighbor.
• Prefer the oldest EBGP route.
neighbor BGP router ID value.
neighbor IP address.

Chapter 6
Configuring
BGP

Chapter 6
Planning to Deploy BGP
 Prior to deploying a BGP routing solution, the following
should be considered:
• IP addressing plan
• Network topology
• BGP relationship with service provider(s)
 Once the requirements have been assessed, the
implementation plan can be created.

Chapter 6
Implementing Basic BGP
 The information necessary to implement BGP routing
includes the following:
• The AS numbers of enterprise and service provider.
• The IP addresses of all the neighbors (peers) involved.
• The networks that are to be advertised into BGP
 In the implementation plan, basic BGP tasks include the
following:
• Define the BGP process
• Establish the neighbor relationships
• Advertise the networks into BGP

Chapter 6
Verifying BGP
 After implementing BGP, verification should confirm proper
deployment on each router.
 Verification tasks include verifying:
• That the appropriate BGP neighbor relationships and adjacencies
are established.
• That the BGP table is populated with the necessary information.
• That IP routing table is populated with the necessary information.
• That there is connectivity in the network between routers and to
other devices.
• That BGP behaves as expected in a case of a topology change, by
testing link failure and router failure events.

Chapter 6
Documenting
 After a successful BGP deployment, the solution and
verification process and results should be documented for
future reference.
 Documentation should include:
• A topology map
• The IP addressing plan
• The autonomous system hierarchy
• The networks and interfaces included in BGP on each router
• The default and any special metrics configured
• The verification results.

Chapter 6
Enable BGP Routing
 Define BGP as the IP routing protocol.
Router(config)#
router bgp autonomous-system
 The autonomous-system value is either an internally
generated number (if not connecting to a provider network)
or obtained from an ISP or RIR.
• It is a required parameter.
• It can be any positive integer in the range from 1 to 65535.
 Only one instance of BGP can be configured on the router
at a single time.

Chapter 6
4-byte AS numbers
 On Cisco routers there are two formats used to
configure a 4-byte AS number:
• asplain:The Cisco implementation.
• asdot: The RFC 5396 implementation.
• Use the bgp asnotation dot command to configure.
• AS numbers must be written using the asdot format, or the regular
expression match will fail.
 Note: The 4-byte AS number will not be used in
this chapter; therefore, all examples use the 2-byte
AS numbering format.

Chapter 6
Defining BGP Neighbors
 Identify peer router with which to establish a BGP session.
Router(config-router)#
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name}
remote-as autonomous-system
 The ip-address is the destination address of the BGP peer.
• The address must be reachable before attempting to establish the BGP
relationship.
 The autonomous-system value is used to identify if the
session is with internal BGP (IBGP) peers or with external BGP
(EBGP) peers.
• If the value is the same as the router’s AS, then an IBGP session is
attempted.
• If the value is not the same as the router’s AS, then an EBGP session is
attempted.

Chapter 6
Example: BGP neighbor Command

Chapter 6
BGP Peer Groups
 In BGP, neighbors are often configured with the same
update policies.
 To simplify configuration and make updating more efficient,
neighbors with the same update policies can be grouped
into peer groups.
• Recommended approach when there are many BGP peers.
 Instead of separately defining the same policies for each
neighbor, a peer group can be defined with these policies
assigned to the peer group.
• Individual neighbors are then made members of the peer group.
• Members of the peer group inherit all the peer group’s configuration
options.
• Only options that affect the inbound updates can be overridden.

Chapter 6
Defining a BGP Peer Group
 Create a peer group on the local router.
neighbor peer-group-name peer-group
 The peer-group-name is the name of the BGP peer
group to be created.
 The name is local to the router on which it is configured
and is not passed to any other router.

Chapter 6
Assign Neighbors to the Peer Group
 Assign neighbors as part of the peer group.
neighbor ip-address peer-group peer-
group-name
 The ip-address is the IP address of the neighbor that is
to be assigned as a member of the peer group.
 The peer-group-name must already exist.
• Note: The clear ip bgp peer-group peer-group-name
EXEC command can be used to reset the BGP connections for all
members of a peer group.

Chapter 6
Shut Down a BGP Neighbor
 To disable an existing BGP neighbor or peer group relationship.
shutdown
 Useful when making major policy changes to a neighboring
router.
 The command not only terminates the session, but also removes
all associated routing information.
 To re-enable the neighbor prepend the no keyword to the
command.

Chapter 6
IBGP Source IP Address Problem
 BGP does not accept unsolicited updates.
• It must be aware of every neighboring router and have a
neighbor statement for it.
 For example, when a router creates and forwards a
packet, the IP address of the outbound interface is
used as that packet’s source address by default.
• For BGP packets, this source IP address must match the
address in the corresponding neighbor statement on
the other router or the routers will not establish the BGP
session.
• This is not a problem for EBGP neighbors as they are
typically directly connected.

Chapter 6
IBGP Source IP Address Problem
 When multiple paths exist between IBGP neighbors, the
BGP source address can cause problems:
• Router D uses the neighbor 10.3.3.1 remote-as 65102
command to establish a relationship with A.
• However, router A is sending BGP packets to D via B therefore the
source IP address of the packets is 10.1.1.1.
• The IBGP session between A and D cannot be established because D
does not recognize 10.1.1.1 as a BGP neighbor.

Chapter 6
IBGP Source IP Address Solution
 Establish the IBGP session using a loopback interface.
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} update-
source loopback interface-number
 Informs the router to use a loopback interface address for
all BGP packets.
 Overrides the default source IP address for BGP packets.
 Typically only used with IBGP sessions.
 As an added bonus, physical interfaces can go down for
any number of reasons but loopbacks never fail.

Chapter 6
IBGP Source IP Address Example
AS 65102
AS 65100
R1 R4
Lo0 192.168.2.2
.1
192.168.1.1172.16.1.1
R2 R3
10.1.1.0/24
10.2.2.0/24
.1 .2
.2
Lo0 192.168.3.3
AS 65101
EIGRP
R2(config)# router bgp 65101
R2(config-router)# neighbor 172.16.1.1 remote-as 65100
R2(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.3.3 update-source loopback0
R2(config-router)#
R3(config-router)#

Chapter 6
EBGP Dual-Homed Problem
 R1 in AS 65102 is dual-homed with R2 in AS 65101.
 A problem can occur if R1 only uses a single neighbor
statement pointing to 192.168.1.18 on R2 .
• If that link fails, the BGP session between these AS is lost, and no packets
pass from one autonomous system to the next, even though another link
exists.
 A solution is configuring two neighbor statements on R1 pointing to
192.168.1.18 and 192.168.1.34.
• However, this doubles the BGP updates from R1 to R2.

Chapter 6
EBGP Dual-Homed Solution
 The ideal solution is to:
• Use loopback addresses.
• Configure static routes to reach the loopback address of
the other router.
• Configure the neighbor ebgp-multihop command to
inform the BGP process that this neighbor is more than
one hop away.

Chapter 6
Enable Multihop EBGP
 Increase the time-to-live (TTL) for EBGP connections.
ebgp-multihop [ttl]
 This command is of value when redundant paths exist
between EBGP neighbors.
 The default ttl is 1, therefore BGP peers must be directly
connected.
• The range is from 1 to 255 hops.
 Increasing the ttl enables BGP to establish EBGP
connections beyond one hop and also enables BGP to
perform load balancing.

Chapter 6
Multihop EBGP Example
AS 65102
Lo0 172.17.1.1
R1 R2
EBGP
EBGP
192.168.1.18 /28
Lo0 172.16.1.1
AS 65101
192.168.1. 34 /28
192.168.1.17 /28
192.168.1. 33 /28
R1(config-router)# neighbor 172.16.1.1 ebgp-multihop 2
R1(config)# ip route 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.18
R1(config)# ip route 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.34
R1(config)#
R2(config-router)# neighbor 172.17.1.1 ebgp-multihop 2
R2(config)# ip route 172.17.1.1 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.17
R2(config)# ip route 172.17.1.1 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.33
R2(config)#

Chapter 6
Advertising EBGP Routes to IBGP Peers
 When an EBGP router receives an update from an EBGP
neighbor and forwards the update to its IBGP peers, the
source IP address will still be that of the EBGP router.
• IBGP neighbors will have to be configured to reach that external IP
address.
 Another solution is to override a router’s default behavior
and force it to advertise itself as the next-hop address for
routes sent to a neighbor.
• To do so, use the neighbor next-hop-self router
configuration command

Chapter 6
neighbor next-hop-self Command
 Configure the router as the next hop for a BGP-speaking peer.
next-hop-self
 The command forces BGP to advertise itself as the source
of the routes.
 The ip-address identifies the peer router to which
advertisements will be sent, with this router identified as the next
hop.
 This command is useful in unmeshed networks (such as Frame
Relay) where BGP neighbors may not have direct access to all
other neighbors on the same IP subnet.

Chapter 6
Next Hop Self Example
R2(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.3.3 next-hop-self
R2(config-router)#
AS 65102
AS 65100
R1 R4
Lo0 192.168.2.2
.1
192.168.1.1172.16.1.1
R2 R3
10.1.1.0/24
10.2.2.0/24
.1 .2
.2
Lo0 192.168.3.3
AS 65101
EIGRP

Chapter 6
BGP Synchronization
 Recall that the BGP synchronization rule states that:
• “A BGP router should not use, or advertise a route
learned by IBGP, unless that route is local or is
learned from the IGP.”
 By default synchronization is disabled, therefore BGP can
use and advertise to an external BGP neighbor routes
learned from an IBGP neighbor that are not present in the
local routing table.
• Use the synchronization router configuration command to
enable BGP synchronization so that a router will not advertise routes
in BGP until it learns them in an IGP.
• The no synchronization router configuration command disables
synchronization.

Chapter 6
Defining Networks That BGP Advertises
 Two options are available to advertise networks
into BGP:
• The network command.
• Redistributing IGP routes into BGP.
 Note: Redistributing is not recommended because
it could result in unstable BGP tables.

Chapter 6
Identify BGP Networks
 Enable BGP to advertise a network if it is present.
network network-number [mask network-
mask] [route-map map-tag]
 The BGP network command determines which networks
this router advertises.
• Unlike IGPs, the command does not start BGP on specific interfaces.
 The mask parameter indicates that BGP-4 supports
subnetting and supernetting.
• If the mask is not specified, this command announces only the
classful network
 It is also important to note that the prefix must exactly
match (address and mask) an entry in the IP routing table.

Chapter 6
BGP Route Must Be in IP Routing Table
 It is important to understand that any network (both
address and mask) must exist in the routing table for
the network to be advertised in BGP.
 For example, to summarize many networks and advertise a
CIDR block 192.168.0.0/16, configure:
network 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0
ip route 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 null0
 Now BGP can find an exact match in the routing table and
announce the 192.168.0.0/16 network to its neighbors.
• The advertised static route would never actually be used since BGP
would contain longer prefix matching routes in its routing table.

Chapter 6
BGP Authentication
 BGP supports message digest 5 (MD5) neighbor
authentication.
• MD5 sends a “message digest” (also called a “hash”), which is
created using the key and a message.
• The message digest is then sent instead of the key.
• The key itself is not sent, preventing it from being read by someone
eavesdropping on the line while it is being transmitted.
 To enable MD5 authentication on a TCP connection
between two BGP peers, use the router configuration
command:
password string

Chapter 6
Enable MD5 authentication
 Enable MD5 authentication between two BGP peers.
password string
 This is the only command required to enable MD5
authentication.
 The string value is:
• Case-sensitive password of up to 25 characters.
• The first character cannot be a number.
• The string can contain any alphanumeric characters, including
spaces.
• You cannot specify a password in the format number-space-anything.
• The space after the number can cause authentication to fail.

Chapter 6
Configuring MD5 Authentication
R1(config-router)# neighbor 10.64.0.2 password BGP-Pa55w0rd
R1(config-router)#
R2(config-router)# neighbor 10.64.0.1 password BGP-Pa55w0rd
R2(config-router)#
AS 65500
R1 R2
10.64.0.0 /24.1 .2
AS 65000

Chapter 6
MD5 Configuration Problems
 If a router has a password configured for a neighbor, but the
neighbor router does not have a password configured, the
following message will appear on the console screen:
%TCP-6-BADAUTH: No MD5 digest from 10.1.0.2(179) to
10.1.0.1(20236)
 Similarly, if the two routers have different passwords
configured, the following will appear:
%TCP-6-BADAUTH: Invalid MD5 digest from
10.1.0.1(12293) to 10.1.0.2(179)

Chapter 6
Hard Reset of BGP Sessions
 Reset all BGP connections with this router.
Router#
clear ip bgp {* | neighbor-address}
 Entire BGP forwarding table is discarded.
 BGP session makes the transition from established to
idle; everything must be relearned.
 When the neighbor-address value is used, it resets only
a single neighbor and BGP session. Everything from this
neighbor must be relearned.
• It is less severe than clear ip bgp *.

Chapter 6
Monitoring Received BGP Routes
Command Description
show ip bgp neighbors
{address} received-routes
Displays all received routes (both accepted
and rejected) from the specified neighbor.
{address} routes
Displays all routes that are received and
accepted from the specified neighbor.
This output is a subset of the output
displayed by the received-routes
keyword.
show ip bgp Displays entries in the BGP table.
{address} advertised-
routes
Displays all BGP routes that have been
advertised to neighbors.

Chapter 6
BGP Configuration Example #1
R1(config-router)#
R2(config-router)#
AS 65000
R1 R2
10.1.1.0.1 .2
AS 64520
172.17.0.0172.16.0.0

Chapter 6
BGP Configuration Example #2
R2(config-router)# network 10.2.2.0 mask 255.255.255.0
R2(config-router)#
AS 65020
R2
10.1.1.0 /24
.2
AS 65010
10.2.2.0 /24
R1
.1
R3
10.3.3.0 /24.2
Lo0 10.4.4.4
.1
Lo0 10.5.5.5

Chapter 6
BGP Without Peer Group Example
R1(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.24.1 update-source loopback 0
R1(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.24.1 distribute-list 20 out
R1(config-router)#
R1(config-router)#
R1(config-router)#

Chapter 6
BGP With Peer Group Example
R1(config-router)# neighbor INTERNAL peer-group
R1(config-router)# neighbor INTERNAL remote-as 65100
R1(config-router)# neighbor INTERNAL update-source loopback 0
R1(config-router)# neighbor INTERNAL next-hop-self
R1(config-router)# neighbor INTERNAL distribute-list 20 out
R1(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.24.1 peer-group INTERNAL
R1(config-router)#

Chapter 6
IBGP and EBGP Example
R2(config-router)# no synchronization
R2(config-router)#
172.16.30.0172.16.20.0
Lo0 192.168.2.2 /32
.2
R2 R3
192.168.1.0 /24
192.168.4.0 /24
.2 .3
.3
Lo0 192.168.3.3 /32
AS 65000
10.1.1.0 /24.1
R1
AS 64520
.2
172.16.10.0

Chapter 6
Verifying and
Troubleshooting
BGP

Chapter 6
Verifying and Troubleshooting BGP
Command Description
show ip bgp
Displays entries in the BGP table.
Specify a network number to get more specific information
about a particular network.
show ip bgp
neighbors
Displays detailed information about the TCP and BGP
connections to neighbors.
show ip bgp summary Displays the status of all BGP connections.
show ip bgp
neighbors {address}
advertised-routes
Displays all BGP routes that have been advertised to
neighbors.
show ip bgp rib-
failure
Displays BGP routes that were not installed in the routing
information base (RIB), and the reason that they were not
installed.
debug ip bgp
[dampening | events
| keepalives |
updates]

Chapter 6
Verifying BGP: show ip bgp
R1# show ip bgp
internal, r RIB-failure, S Stale
*> 10.1.0.0/24 0.0.0.0 0 32768 i
* i 10.1.0.2 0 100 0 i
*> 10.1.1.0/24 0.0.0.0 0 32768 i
*>i10.1.2.0/24 10.1.0.2 0 100 0 i
*> 10.97.97.0/24 172.31.1.3 0 64998 64997 i
* 172.31.11.4 0 64999 64997 i
* i 172.31.11.4 0 100 0 64999 64997 i
*> 10.254.0.0/24 172.31.1.3 0 0 64998 i
* 172.31.11.4 0 64999 64998 i
* i 172.31.1.3 0 100 0 64998 i
r> 172.31.1.0/24 172.31.1.3 0 0 64998 i
r 172.31.11.4 0 64999 64998 i
r i 172.31.1.3 0 100 0 64998 i
*> 172.31.2.0/24 172.31.1.3 0 0 64998 i
Display the BGP topology database (the BGP table).
The status codes are shown in
the first column of each line of
output.
- * means that the next-hop
address (in the fifth column) is
valid.
- r means a RIB failure and the
route was not installed in the
RIB.
The last column displays the ORIGIN attribute).
- i means the original router probably used a
network command to introduce this network
into BGP.
- ? means the route was probably redistributed
from an IGP into the BGP process.
The third column is either blank
or has an “i” in it.
- If it has an i, an IBGP
neighbor advertised this route
to this router.
- If it is blank, BGP learned that
route from an external peer.
A > in the second column
indicates the best path for a
route selected by BGP.
This route is offered to the IP
routing table.
The Path section lists the AS
path. The last AS # is the
originating AS.
If blank the route is from the
current autonomous system.
This section lists three BGP
path attributes: metric (MED),
local preference, and weight.

Chapter 6
Verifying BGP: show ip bgp rib-failure
 Displays BGP routes that were not installed in the RIB and
the reason that they were not installed.
 In this example, the displayed routes were not installed
because a route or routes with a better administrative
distance already existed in the RIB.
R1# show ip bgp rib-failure
Network Next Hop RIB-failure RIB-NH Matches
172.31.1.0/24 172.31.1.3 Higher admin distance n/a
172.31.11.0/24 172.31.11.4 Higher admin distance n/a

Chapter 6
Verifying BGP: show ip bgp summary
R1# show ip bgp summary
BGP router identifier 10.1.1.1, local AS number 65001
BGP table version is 124, main routing table version 124
9 network entries using 1053 bytes of memory
22 path entries using 1144 bytes of memory
12/5 BGP path/bestpath attribute entries using 1488 bytes of memory
6 BGP AS-PATH entries using 144 bytes of memory
0 BGP route-map cache entries using 0 bytes of memory
0 BGP filter-list cache entries using 0 bytes of memory
BGP using 3829 total bytes of memory
BGP activity 58/49 prefixes, 72/50 paths, scan interval 60 secs
Neighbor V AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/PfxRcd
10.1.0.2 4 65001 11 11 124 0 0 00:02:28 8
172.31.1.3 4 64998 21 18 124 0 0 00:01:13 6
172.31.11.4 4 64999 11 10 124 0 0 00:01:11 6
Verify the BGP neighbor relationship.

Chapter 6
Verifying BGP: debug ip bgp updates
R1# debug ip bgp updates
Mobile router debugging is on for address family: IPv4 Unicast
R1# clear ip bgp 10.1.0.2
<output omitted>
*May 24 11:06:41.309: %BGP-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 10.1.0.2 Up
*May 24 11:06:41.309: BGP(0): 10.1.0.2 send UPDATE (format) 10.1.1.0/24, next 10.1.0.1, metric 0,
path Local
*May 24 11:06:41.309: BGP(0): 10.1.0.2 send UPDATE (prepend, chgflags: 0x0) 10.1.0.0/24, next
10.1.0.1, metric 0, path Local
*May 24 11:06:41.309: BGP(0): 10.1.0.2 NEXT_HOP part 1 net 10.97.97.0/24, next 172.31.11.4
*May 24 11:06:41.309: BGP(0): 10.1.0.2 send UPDATE (format) 10.97.97.0/24, next 172.31.11.4, metric
0, path 64999 64997
*May 24 11:06:41.309: BGP(0): 10.1.0.2 NEXT_HOP part 1 net 172.31.22.0/24, next 172.31.11.4
*May 24 11:06:41.309: BGP(0): 10.1.0.2 send UPDATE (format) 172.31.22.0/24, next 172.31.11.4,
metric 0, path 64999
<output omitted>
*May 24 11:06:41.349: BGP(0): 10.1.0.2 rcvd UPDATE w/ attr: nexthop 10.1.0.2, origin i, localpref
100, metric 0
*May 24 11:06:41.349: BGP(0): 10.1.0.2 rcvd 10.1.2.0/24
*May 24 11:06:41.349: BGP(0): 10.1.0.2 rcvd 10.1.0.0/24

Chapter 6
BGP States
 BGP is a state machine that takes a router through
the following states with its neighbors:
• Idle
• Connect
• Open sent
• Open confirm
• Established
 The Idle state begins once the neighbor
command is configured.

Chapter 6
Verifying BGP: show ip bgp neighbors
R1# show ip bgp neighbors
BGP neighbor is 172.31.1.3, remote AS 64998, external link
BGP version 4, remote router ID 172.31.2.3
BGP state = Established, up for 00:19:10
Last read 00:00:10, last write 00:00:10, hold time is 180, keepalive
interval is 60 seconds
Neighbor capabilities:
Route refresh: advertised and received(old & new)
Address family IPv4 Unicast: advertised and received
Message statistics:
InQ depth is 0
OutQ depth is 0
Sent Rcvd
Opens: 7 7
Notifications: 0 0
Updates: 13 38
<output omitted>

Chapter 6
Basic BGP Path
Manipulation
Using Route
Maps

Chapter 6
Route Maps and BGP
 In Chapter 4, Policy Based Routing (PBR) was used for
redistribution.
• Route maps are implemented using the redistribute command.
 In Chapter 5, route maps were used to define a routing
policy other than basic destination-based routing using
the routing table.
• Route maps are implemented using the ip policy route-map
command.
 In this chapter, route maps will be used with BGP to assign
or alter BGP attributes.
• Route maps are implemented using the neighbor route-map
command.

Chapter 6
Configuring Route Maps in BGP
Sample implementation plan:
 Define and name the route map with the route-
map command.
• Define the conditions to match (the match statements).
• Define the action to be taken when there is a match (the
set statements).
 Define which attribute to alter using the neighbor
route-map router configuration command.
• Filters incoming or outgoing BGP routes.
 Verify results.

Chapter 6
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} route-map map-name
{in | out}
 Applies the route-map to filter incoming or outgoing BGP routes
to a neighbor.
Implementing Route Maps in BGP
route-map map-tag [permit | deny] [sequence-number]
Router(config)#
 Defines the route map conditions.
match {criteria}
Router(config-route-map)#
 Defines the criteria to match.
set {actions}
 Defines the action to be taken on a match.

Chapter 6
match Commands Used in BGP
Command Description
match as-path Matches the AS_PATH attribute
match ip address
Matches any routes that have a destination network number
address that is permitted by a standard or extended ACL
match metric Matches routes with the metric specified
match community Matches a BGP community
match interface
Matches any routes that have the next hop out of one of the
interfaces specified
match ip next-hop
Matches any routes that have a next-hop router address that
is passed by one of the ACLs specified
match ip route-
source
Matches routes that have been advertised by routers and
access servers at the address that is specified by the ACLs
match route-type Matches routes of the specified type
match tag Matches tag of a route
* Partial list

Chapter 6
match as-path Command
 Match a BGP autonomous system path access list.
match as-path path-list-number
 The path-list-number is the AS path access list.
• It can be an integer from 1 to 199.
 The value set by this command overrides global values.

Chapter 6
match ip-address Command
 Specify criteria to be matched using ACLs or prefix lists.
match ip address {access-list-number | name}
[...access-list-number | name] | prefix-list prefix-
list-name [..prefix-list-name]
Parameter Description
access-list-number | name
The number or name of a standard or
extended access list to be used to test
incoming packets.
If multiple access lists are specified,
matching any one results in a match.
prefix-list prefix-list-name
Specifies the name of a prefix list to be
used to test packets.
If multiple prefix lists are specified,
matching any one results in a match.

Chapter 6
set Commands Used in BGP
Command Description
set weight Sets the BGP weight value
set local-preference Sets the LOCAL-PREF attribute value
set as-path Modifes an AS path for BGP routes
set origin Sets the ORIGIN attribute value
set metric Sets the Multi-Exit_Disc (MED) value
set community Sets the BGP communities attribute
set automatic-tag Computes automatically the tag value
set ip next-hop Indicates which IP address to output packets
set interface Indicates which interface to output packets
set ip default next-
hop
Indicates which default IP address to use to output packets
set default
interface
Indicates which default interface to use to output packets
* Partial list

Chapter 6
set weight Command
 Specify the BGP weight for the routing table.
set weight number
 The number is the weight value.
• It can be an integer ranging from 0 to 65535.
 The implemented weight is based on the first matched AS
path.
 Weights assigned with this command override the weights
assigned using the neighbor weight command.

Chapter 6
set local-preference Command
 Specify a preference value for the AS path.
set local-preference number-value
 The number-value is the preference value.
 An integer from 0 to 4.294´967.295.
 Default 100.

Chapter 6
set as-path Command
 Modify an AS path for BGP routes.
set as-path {tag | prepend as-path-string}
tag Converts the tag of a route into an autonomous system
path. Applies only when redistributing routes into BGP.
prepend
Appends the string following the keyword prepend to the
AS path of the route that is matched by the route map.
Applies to inbound and outbound BGP route maps.
as-path-string
AS number to prepend to the AS_PATH attribute.
The range of values for this argument is 1 to 65535.
Up to 10 AS numbers can be entered.

Chapter 6
set metric Command
 Specify a preference value for the AS path.
set metric metric-value
 The metric-value is use to set the MED attribute.
 An integer from 0 to 294´967.295.

Chapter 6
BGP Path Manipulation
 Unlike IGPs, BGP was never designed to choose
the quickest path.
 BGP was designed to manipulate traffic flow to
maximize or minimize bandwidth use.

Chapter 6
BGP Without Routing Policy Example #1
 In this example consider that:
• R1 is using 60% of its outbound bandwidth to AS 65004.
 Traffic should be diverted using the local preference attribute.
• The weight attribute could not be used in this scenario since there are two edge routers.

Chapter 6
Which traffic should be re-routed?
 To determine which path to manipulate, perform a traffic analysis on
Internet-bound traffic by examining the most heavily visited addresses,
web pages, or domain names.
• Examine network management records or accounting information.
 If a heavily accessed traffic pattern is identified, a route map could be used
to divert that traffic over the lesser used links

Chapter 6
BGP With Routing Policy Example #1
 For example, assume that 35% of all traffic from AS 65001 has
been going to http://www.cisco.com.
• The administrator does a reverse DNS lookup and obtains the Cisco IP
address and AS number.
 A route map can be used to change the local preference to
manipulate packets destined to Cisco’s network over the less
used links.

Chapter 6
BGP Routing Policy Example #2
 Notice that the inbound load to R3 (75%) is much higher in bandwidth
utilization than the inbound load to R1 (10%).
 The BGP MED attribute can be used to manipulate how traffic enters
autonomous system 65001.
 For example, R1 in AS 65001 can announce a lower MED for routes to
network 192.168.25.0/24 to AS 65004 than R3 announces.

Chapter 6
BGP Routing Policy Example #2
 Keep in mind that the MED is considered a
recommendation because the receiving
autonomous system can override it by
manipulating another variable that is
considered before the MED is evaluated.
 For example, R2 and R4 in AS 65004 could be
configured with their own local preference
policy which would override the MED
recommendation from AS 65001.
1. Prefer highest Weight
2. Prefer highest LOCAL_PREF
3. Prefer locally generated routes
4. Prefer shortest AS_PATH
5. Prefer lowest ORIGIN (IGP < EGP <
incomplete)
6. Prefer lowest MED
7. Prefer EBGP over IBGP
8. Prefer routes through closest IGP neighbor
9. Prefer routes with lowest BGP router ID
10.Prefer routes with lowest neighbor IP
address

Chapter 6
Change the Weight
 The weight attribute is
used only when one router
is multihomed and
determines the best path to
leave the AS.
• Only the local router is
influenced.
• Higher weight routes are
preferred.
 There are two ways to alter
the route weight:
• To change the weight for all
updates from a neighbor use
the neighbor weight router
configuration command.
• To change the weight of
specific routes / as path, use
route maps.
5. Prefer lowest ORIGIN (IGP <
EGP < incomplete)
8. Prefer routes through closest
IGP neighbor
9. Prefer routes with lowest BGP
router ID
10. Prefer routes with lowest
neighbor IP address

Chapter 6
Changing the Default Weight Example
 Assign a default weight to all routes from a peer.
weight number
 Routes learned through another BGP peer have a default weight of 0
and routes sourced by the local router have a default weight of 32768.
 The number is the weight to assign.
• Acceptable values are from 0 to 65535.
 The route with the highest weight will be chosen as the preferred route
when multiple routes are available to a particular network.
 Note: The weights assigned with the set weight route-map
command override the weights assigned using the neighbor weight
command.

Chapter 6
Changing Weight with Route Map Example
 In this example consider that:
• The routing policy dictates that for any network originated by AS 65020,
use the path to AS 65030 as the primary way out of AS 65040.
• If R1 needs to access routes connected to R3, then it goes through R2.
 This can be achieved by placing a higher weight (150) on all
incoming announcements from AS 65030 (10.0.0.1), which carry
the information about the network originated in AS 65020.

Chapter 6
Changing Weight with Route Map Example
R1(config)# route-map SET-WEIGHT permit 10
R1(config-route-map)# match as-path 10
R1(config-route-map)# set weight 150
R1(config-route-map)#
R1(config-route-map)# route-map SET-WEIGHT permit 20
R1(config-route-map)# exit
R1(config)# ip as-path access-list 10 permit _65020$
R1(config)#
R1(config-router)# neighbor 10.0.0.1 route-map SET-WEIGHT in

Chapter 6
Configure an Autonomous System ACL
 Configure an autonomous system path filter.
ip as-path access-list acl-number {permit
| deny} regexp
 Similar to an IP ACL, this command is used to configure an
AS path filter using a regular expression .
 The acl-number is a value from 1 to 500 that specifies the
AS_PATH access list number.
 The regexp regular expression defines the AS-path filter.

Chapter 6
Regular Expression Syntax
 Atom: A single character.
• . matches any single character.
• ^ matches the start of the input string.
• $ matches the end of the input string.
• matches the character.
 Piece: one of these symbols
• * matches 0 or more sequences of the atom.
• + matches 1 or more sequences of the atom.
• ? matches the atom or the null string.
 Branch: 1 or more concatenated pieces.
 Range: A sequence of characters within square brackets.
• Example is [abcd].

Chapter 6
Regular Expression Examples
Regular Expression Resulting Expression
a*
Expression indicates any occurrence of the letter "a", which
includes none
a+
indicates that at least one occurrence of the letter "a" must be
present
ab?a Expression matches "aa" or "aba".
_100_ Expression means via AS100.
_100$ Expression indicates an origin of AS100.
^100 .* Expression indicates transmission from AS100
^$ Expression indicates origination from this AS

Chapter 6
Change the Local Preference
 The local preference is used
only within an AS (between
IBGP speakers) to determine
the best path to leave the AS.
• Higher values are preferred.
• The local preference is set to 100
by default.
 There are two ways to alter the
local preference:
• To change the default local-
preference for all routes
advertised by the router use the
bgp default local-
preference value router
• To change the local-preference of
specific routes / as path, use
route maps.
EGP < incomplete)
IGP neighbor
router ID
neighbor IP address

Chapter 6
Setting Default Local Preference Example
 Change the default local preference for outgoing routes.
bgp default local-preference number
 The local preference attribute applies a degree of preference to a route
during the BGP best path selection process.
• The attribute is exchanged only between iBGP peers.
• The route with the highest local preference is preferred.
 The number is the local preference value from 0 to 4.294´967.295.
• Cisco IOS software applies a local preference value of 100.
 Note: The local preference assigned with the set local-preference
route-map command override the weights assigned using this command.

Chapter 6
 The BGP routing policy in this example dictates that:
• The default local preference for all routes on R1 should be set to 200.
• The default local preference for all routes on R2 should be set to 500.

Chapter 6
 The resulting configuration makes the IBGP routers in AS 65001 send
all Internet bound traffic to R2, but the R1 to ISP1 link is underutilized.
• Route maps could be configured to select specific routes to have a higher
local preference.
R2(config-router)# bgp default local-preference 500
R2(config-router)#
R1(config-router)# bgp default local-preference 200
R1(config-router)#

Chapter 6
Local Preference and Route Map Example
 The BGP routing policy results in the following:
• All routes have a weight of 0 and a default local preference of 100.
• BGP uses the shortest AS-path to select the best routes as follows:
• For network 172.16.0.0, the shortest AS-path is through ISP1.

Chapter 6
R3# show ip bgp
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal, r
RIB-failure, S Stale
* i172.16.0.0 172.20.50.1 100 0 65005 65004 65003 i
*>i 192.168.28.1 100 0 65002 65003 i
*>i172.24.0.0 172.20.50.1 100 0 65005 i
* i 192.168.28.1 100 0 65002 65003 65004 65005 i
*>i172.30.0.0 172.20.50.1 100 0 65005 65004 i
* i 192.168.28.1 100 0 65002 65003 65004i

Chapter 6
 A traffic analysis reveals the following traffic patterns:
• 10% of traffic flows from R1 to ISP1 to network 172.16.0.0.
• 50% of Internet traffic flow from R2 to ISP2 to networks network
172.24.0.0 and network 172.30.0.0.
• The remaining 40 percent is going to other destinations.
 A solution is to use route maps to divert traffic to 172.30.0.0
through R1.

Chapter 6
R1(config)# access-list 65 permit 172.30.0.0 0.0.255.255
R1(config)#
R1(config)# route-map LOCAL_PREF permit 10
R1(config-route-map)# match ip address 65
R1(config-route-map)# set local-preference 400
R1(config-route-map)# route-map LOCAL_PREF permit 20
R1(config)#

Chapter 6
R1(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.28.1 route-map LOCAL_PREF in
R1(config)#

Chapter 6
R3# show ip bgp
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal, r
RIB-failure, S Stale
* i172.16.0.0 172.20.50.1 100 0 65005 65004 65003 i
*>i 192.168.28.1 100 0 65002 65003 i
*>i172.24.0.0 172.20.50.1 100 0 65005 i
* i 192.168.28.1 100 0 65002 65003 65004 65005 i
* i172.30.0.0 172.20.50.1 100 0 65005 65004 i
*>i 192.168.28.1 400 0 65002 65003 65004i

Chapter 6
Modifying the AS Path
 By default, if no BGP path
selection tools are configured to
influence traffic flow (i.e. weight,
local-preference), BGP uses the
shortest AS path, regardless of
available bandwidth.
 To influence the path selection
based on the AS_PATH,
configure AS-path prepending.
• The AS path is extended with
multiple copies of the AS
number of the sender making it
appear longer.
EGP < incomplete)
IGP neighbor
router ID
neighbor IP address

Chapter 6
• Traffic entering AS 65040 should be through R6 in AS 65030 and not R4 in
AS 65010.
 One way to do this is make R1 advertise the AS 65040 networks
with a less desirable AS path by configuring AS-path
prepending.
Modifying the AS Path Example

Chapter 6
Modifying the AS Path Example
R1(config)# route-map SET-AS-PATH permit 10
R1(config-route-map)# set as-path prepend 65040 65040 65040
R1(config-router)# neighbor 172.16.1.1 route-map SET-AS-PATH out
R1(config)#

Chapter 6
Setting the MED
 MED is used to decide how to
enter an AS when multiple
paths exist.
• When comparing MED values for
the same destination network in the
BGP path-selection process, the
lowest MED value is preferred.
• Default is 0.
 However, because MED is
evaluated late in the BGP path-
selection process, it usually has
no influence.
 There are two ways to alter the
MED:
• To change the MED for all routes
use the default-metric router
• To change the MED of specific
routes / as path, use route maps.
EGP < incomplete)
IGP neighbor
router ID
neighbor IP address

Chapter 6
Setting the Default MED Example
• The default MED of R1 should be changed to 1001.
• The default MED of R2 should be changed to 99.

Chapter 6
Setting the Default MED Example
 The results are that the inbound bandwidth utilization on:
• R1 to ISP1 link has decreased to almost nothing except for BGP routing updates.
• R2 to ISP2 link has increased due to all returning packets from AS 65004.
• A better solution is to have route maps configured that will make some networks
have a lower MED through R1 and other networks to have a lower MED through
R2.
R1(config-router)# default metric 1001
R1(config-router)#
R2(config-router)# default metric 99
R2(config-router)#

Chapter 6
Setting the MED with Route Maps Example
R1(config)#
R1(config)# route-map MED-65004 permit 10
R1(config-route-map)# set metric 100
R1(config-route-map)# route-map MED-65004 permit 100
R1(config)#

Chapter 6
R1(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.28.1 route-map MED-65004 out
R1(config-router)#exit

Chapter 6
R2(config)#
R2(config)# route-map MED-65004 permit 10
R2(config-route-map)# route-map MED-65004 permit 100
R2(config)#

Chapter 6
R2(config-router)# neighbor 172.20.50.1 route-map MED-65004 out
R2(config)#

Chapter 6
ISP3# show ip bgp
internal, r RIB-failure, S Stale
*>i192.168.24.0 172.20.50.2 100 100 0 65001 i
* i 192.168.28.2 200 100 0 65001 i
* i192.168.25.0 172.20.50.2 200 100 0 65001 i
*>i 192.168.28.2 100 100 0 65001 i
* i192.168.26.0 172.20.50.2 200 100 0 65001 i
*>i 192.168.28.2 100 100 0 65001 i

Chapter 6
Filtering BGP
Routing Updates

Chapter 6
Filtering BGP Routing Updates
 BGP can potentially receive a high number of
routing updates.
• To optimize BGP configuration, route filtering may be
applied.
 Filtering includes:
• Filter lists
• Prefix lists
• Route maps

Chapter 6
Filtering BGP Routing Updates
 Incoming routes are subject to prefix lists, filter-lists, and route
maps before they will be accepted into the BGP table.
• Similarly, outgoing routes must pass the outgoing route-maps, filter list, and
prefix list before they will be transmitted to the neighbor.

Chapter 6
Apply a BGP Filter To Routes
 Apply a filter list to routes from or to a neighbor.
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} filter-
list access-list-number {in | out}
ip-address IP address of the BGP neighbor.
peer-group-name Name of a BGP peer group.
access-list-
number
Number of an AS-path access list.
in Access list is applied to incoming routes.
out Access list is applied to outgoing routes.

Chapter 6
Planning BGP Filtering Using Prefix Lists
 When planning BGP filter configuration using prefix lists, the
following steps should be documented:
• Define the traffic filtering requirements, including the following:
• Filtering updates
• Controlling redistribution
• Configure the ip prefix-list statements.
• Apply the prefix list to filter inbound or outbound updates using the
neighbor prefix-list router configuration command.

Chapter 6
Configure a Prefix List
 Define a prefix list.
Router(config)#
ip prefix-list {list-name | list-number} [seq seq-value] {deny
| permit} network/length [ge ge-value] [le le-value]
list-name The name of the prefix list that will be created (it is case sensitive).
list-number The number of the prefix list that will be created.
seq seq-value
A 32-bit sequence number of the prefix-list statement.
Default sequence numbers are in increments of 5 (5, 10, 15, and so on).
deny | permit The action taken when a match is found.
network /
length
The prefix to be matched and the length of the prefix.
The network is a 32-bit address; the length is a decimal number.
ge ge-value
(Optional) The range of the prefix length to be matched.
The range is assumed to be from ge-value to 32 if only the ge attribute is
specified.
le le-value
(Optional) The range of the prefix length to be matched.
The range is assumed to be from length to le-value if only the le
attribute is specified.

Chapter 6
Apply a Prefix List
 Apply a prefix list to routes from or to a neighbor.
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} prefix-list
prefix-list-name {in | out}
ip-address IP address of the BGP neighbor.
peer-group-name Name of a BGP peer group.
prefix-list-name Name of a prefix list.
in Prefix list is applied to incoming advertisements.
out Prefix list is applied to outgoing advertisements.

Chapter 6
BGP Filtering Using Prefix Lists Example
R1(config)# ip prefix-list ANY-8to24-NET permit 0.0.0.0/0 ge 8 le 24
R1(config-router)# neighbor 172.16.1.2 prefix-list ANY-8to24-NET in
R1(config-router)# end
R1#
R1# show ip prefix-list detail ANY-8to24-NET
ip prefix-list ANY-8to24-NET:
Description: test-list
count: 1, range entries: 1, sequences: 10 - 10, refcount: 3
seq 10 permit 0.0.0.0/0 ge 8 le 24 (hit count: 0, refcount: 1)
AS 65002
R2
172.16.1.0/24.1
R1
AS 65001
.2
172.16.10.0

Chapter 6
BGP Filtering Using Route Maps
R1(config)# ip as-path access-list 10 permit _65387$
R1(config)# ip prefix-list DEF-ONLY seq 10 permit 0.0.0.0/0
R1(config)#
R1(config)# route-map FILTER permit 10
R1(config-route-map)# match ip address prefix-list DEF-ONLY
R1(config-route-map)# match as-path 10
R1(config-route-map)# route-map FILTER permit 20
R1(config-route-map)# match ip address prefix-list DEF-ONLY

Chapter 6
BGP Filtering Using Route Maps
R1(config-router)# neighbor 10.2.3.4 route-map FILTER in
R1(config-router)# neighbor 10.4.5.6 route-map FILTER in
R1(config-router)#

Chapter 6
 Lab 6-1 Configuring BGP with Default Routing
 Lab 6-2 Using the AS_PATH Attribute
 Lab 6-3 Configuring IBGP and EBGP Sessions, Local
Preference, and MED
 Lab 6-4 BGP Route Reflectors and Route Filters
 Lab 6-5 BGP Case Study
Chapter 6 Labs

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