Configuring a large scale bgp network, Configuration prerequisites, Configuring bgp community – H3C Technologies H3C S12500 Series Switches User Manual

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Configuring a large scale BGP network

In a large-scale BGP network, configuration and maintenance might become difficult due to large
numbers of BGP peers. To facilitate configuration, you can configure peer group, community, route

reflector, or confederation as needed. For information abou configuring a peer group, see "

Configuring

a BGP peer group

."

Configuration prerequisites

Peering nodes are accessible to each other at the network layer.

Configuring BGP community

By default, a router does not send the community or extended community attribute to its peers or peer

groups. When the router receives a route carrying the community or extended community attribute, it

removes the attribute before advertising the route to its peers or peer groups.
This task allows you to enable a router to advertise the community or extended community attribute to its

peers, so that you can implement route filtering and control. By using this configuration together with a

routing policy, you can add and modify the community or extended community attribute of a route. For

more information about 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 or BGP-VPN
instance view.

Enter BGP view:

bgp as-number

Enter BGP-VPN instance view:

a.

bgp as-number

b.

ipv4-family vpn-instance

vpn-instance-name

Use either method.

3.

Advertise the community

attribute or extended
community attribute to a peer

or peer group.

Advertise the community

attribute to a peer or peer
group:

peer { group-name |

ip-address }
advertise-community

Advertise the extended

community attribute to a peer or
peer group:

peer { group-name |

ip-address }
advertise-ext-community

Use either method.
Not configured by default.

4.

Apply a routing policy to
routes advertised to a peer or

peer group.

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

Not configured by default.

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