Avocent Access Router Cyclades-PR2000 User Manual

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Cyclades-PR2000

Chapter 9 - Routing Protocols

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CONFIG=>IP=>BGP4=>GLOBAL

Parameter

Description

BGP4 Protocol

Activates the protocol.

Local AS Number

This number is assigned by the service provider.

Router Identifier

Usually the same as the Router ID, one of the interface IP addresses

Cluster Identifier

Only used when this router is used as a router reflector.

Default Local
Preference

Value of the attribute "local pref" used by IBGP.

Accept Connections
From All Peers

Allows BGP connections from neighbors that have not been specified in the Neighbors
Menu.

Advertise Direct
Routes

Allows the removal of the interface routes from the list of routes to be advertised. In
the example these would be 100.100.100.1, 200.200.200.1 and the LAN interface IP
address.

Advertise Static
Routes

Allows the removal of static routes from the list of routes to be advertised.

Advertise RIP Routes Allows the removal of routes learned via RIP from the list of routes to be advertised.
Advertise OSPF
Routes

Allows the removal of routes learned via OSPF from the list of routes to be advertised.

The BGP network menu allows registration of the IP Addresses contained in the AS. This will mark these routes
as IGP instead of EGP or incomplete in the path origin attribute.

CONFIG=>IP=>BGP4=>BGP NETWORK=>ADD

Parameter

Description

Network Address

Network IP address of network to be added.

Network Mask (bitlen) Mask in CIDR format.

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