Configuring the next hop attribute – H3C Technologies H3C S10500 Series Switches User Manual

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problem. The following output is the BGP routing table on Router D after the comparison of MED of routes

from each AS is enabled. Network 10.0.0.0 learned from Router C is the optimal route.

Network NextHop MED LocPrf PrefVal Path/Ogn

*>i 10.0.0.0 3.3.3.3 50 0 200e

* i 10.0.0.0 2.2.2.2 50 0 300e

* i 1.1.1.1 60 0 200e

BGP load balancing cannot be implemented because load balanced routes must have the same AS-path
attribute.
Follow these steps to enable the comparison of MED of routes from each AS:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter BGP view

bgp as-number

Enable the comparison of MED of routes
from each AS

bestroute compare-med

Optional
Not enabled by default

Enable the comparison of MED of routes from confederation peers

Follow these steps to enable the comparison of MED of routes from confederation peers:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter BGP view

bgp as-number

Enable the comparison of MED of routes
from confederation peers

bestroute med-confederation

Optional
Not enabled by default

NOTE:

The MED attributes of routes from confederation peers are not compared if their AS-path attributes contain
AS numbers that do not belong to the confederation, such as these three routes: AS-path attributes of them
are 65006 65009, 65007 65009, and 65008 65009; and MED values of them are 2, 3, and 1. Because

the third route contains an AS number that does not belong to the confederation, the first route becomes

the optimal route.

Configuring the next hop attribute

By default, when advertising routes to an iBGP peer or peer group, a BGP router does not set itself as the

next hop. However, to ensure a BGP peer can find the correct next hop in some cases, you must configure

the router as the next hop for routes sent to the peer.
For example, as shown in

Figure 87

, Router A and Router B establish an eBGP neighbor relationship, and

Router B and Router C establish an iBGP neighbor relationship. When Router B advertises a network
learned from Router A to Router C, if Router C has no route to IP address 1.1.1.1/24, you must configure

Router B to set itself as the next hop (3.1.1.1/24) for the route to be sent to Router C.

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