Configuring bgp community filtering – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Chapter 38 Configuring IP Unicast Routing

Configuring BGP

By default, sequence numbers are generated automatically and incremented in units of five. If you
disable the automatic generation of sequence numbers, you must specify the sequence number for each
entry. You can specify sequence values in any increment. If you specify increments of one, you cannot
insert additional entries into the list. If you choose very large increments, you might run out of values.

You do not need to specify a sequence number when removing a configuration entry. Show commands
include the sequence numbers in their output.

Before using a prefix list in a command, you must set up the prefix list. Beginning in privileged EXEC
mode, follow these steps to create a prefix list or to add an entry to a prefix list:

To delete a prefix list and all its entries, use the no ip prefix-list list-name global configuration
command. To delete an entry from a prefix list, use the no ip prefix-list seq seq-value global
configuration command. To disable automatic generation of sequence numbers, use the no ip prefix-list
sequence number
command; to reenable automatic generation, use the ip prefix-list sequence number
command. To clear the hit-count table of prefix list entries, use the clear ip prefix-list privileged EXEC
command.

Configuring BGP Community Filtering

One way that BGP controls the distribution of routing information is based on the value of the
COMMUNITIES attribute. The attribute groups destinations into communities and applies routing
decisions based on the communities. This method simplifies the configuration of a BGP speaker to
control distribution of routing information.

Command

Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

Enter global configuration mode.

Step 2

ip prefix-list list-name [seq seq-value] deny |
permit network/len [ge ge-value] [le le-value]

Create a prefix list with an optional sequence number to deny or
permit access for matching conditions. You must enter at least one
permit or deny clause.

network/len is the network number and length (in bits) of the
network mask.

(Optional) ge and le values specify the range of the prefix length
to be matched.The specified ge-value and le-value must satisfy
this condition: len < ge-value < le-value < 32.

Step 3

ip prefix-list list-name seq seq-value deny |
permit network/len [ge ge-value] [le le-value]

(Optional) Add an entry to a prefix list, and assign a sequence
number to the entry.

Step 4

end

Return to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 5

show ip prefix list [detail | summary] name
[network/len] [seq seq-num] [longer]
[first-match]

Verify the configuration by displaying information about a prefix list
or prefix-list entries.

Step 6

copy running-config startup-config

(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.

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