Configuring bgp community – H3C Technologies H3C S10500 Series Switches User Manual

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To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Add the peer into the group

peer ip-address group

group-name [ as-number
as-number ]

Required
The AS number can be either

specified or not specified in the
command. If specified, the AS

number must be the same as that

specified for the peer with the peer

ip-address as-number as-number
command.

NOTE:

Peers added in the group can have different AS numbers.

Follow these steps to configure an eBGP peer group using the third approach:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter BGP view

bgp as-number

Create an eBGP peer group

group group-name external

Required

Add a peer into the group and
specify its AS number

peer ip-address group
group-name
as-number

as-number

Required

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 or peer group.
You can apply a routing policy to filter routes advertised to or received from a peer or peer group

according to the community attribute, which helps simplify policy configuration and management.
For how to configure a routing policy, see the chapter “Routing policy configuration.”
Follow these steps to configure BGP community:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter BGP view

bgp as-number

Advertise the
community

attribute to a peer

Advertise the community
attribute to a peer or

peer group

peer { group-name | ip-address }
advertise-community

Required
Not configured by

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