DES-7200 Configuration Guide Chapter 6 BGP
Configuration
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Support BGP peer groups
Support loopback interface
Support MD5 authentication of TCP
Support the synchronization of BGP and IGP
Support the aggregation of BGP routes
Support BGP route flap dampening
Support BGP routing reflector
Support AS confederation
Support BGP soft reset
Support BGP Graceful Restart (defined in RFC4724)
6.2 Enabling the BGP Protocol
To enable the BGP protocol, execute the following commands in the privileged
mode:
Command Function
DES-7200# configure terminal Enter into the global configuration mode.
DES-7200(config)# ip routing
Enable the routing function (if the switch
is disabled).
DES-7200(config)# router bgp
as-number
Enable the BGP and configure the AS
number.
The range of AS-number is 1 to 65535.
DES-7200(config-router)# bgp
router-id router-id
(Optional) Configure the ID used when
this switch runs the BGP protocol.
DES-7200(config-router)# end
Return to the privileged EXEC mode.
DES-7200# show run
Show current configuration.
DES-7200# copy running-config
startup-config
Save the configuration.
Use the no router bgp command to disable the BGP protocol.
6.3 Default BGP Configuration
The BGP protocol is not enabled by default.
After the BGP protocol is enabled, the default configuration of the BGP is shown
as follows: