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BGP, Insert Peers dialog box fields


Field Description
IpAddress
The IP address of this peer.
GroupName
Adds a BGP peer to the specified subscriber group.
Click the ellipse button and choose a group (if configured) from the list in the GroupName dialog box . To deselect an entry, press [Ctrl] and click the left mouse button.
You can also choose a group (if configured) from the Peers tab by clicking in the current field and choosing from the list in the GroupName dialog box .
RemoteAs
Configures a remote-as for the peer or peer-group.
  • Specify an integer value in the range 0 to 65535.
RoutePolicyIn
Applies an incoming route policy rule to all routes that are learned from, or sent to, the local BGP router's peers, or peer groups.
Click the ellipse button and choose a route policy
(if configured) from the list in the RoutePolicyIn dialog box. To deselect an entry, press [Ctrl] and click the left mouse button.

RoutePolicyOut
Applies an outgoing route policy rule to all routes that are learned from, or sent to, the local BGP router's peers, or peer groups.
Click the ellipse button and choose a route policy
(if configured) from the list in the RoutePolicyOut dialog box. To deselect an entry, press [Ctrl] and click the left mouse button.

DefaultOriginate
When enabled, specifies that the current route originated from the BGP peer. This field enables or disables sending the default route information to the specified neighbor or peer. The default value is disable.
UpdateSourceInterface
Specifies the source IP address to be used when sending EBGP packets to this peer or peer group.
EbgpMultiHop
Enables or disables a connection to a BGP peer that is more than one hop away from the local router. The default value is disable.
RemovePrivateAs
When enabled, strips private AS numbers when sending an update. This feature is especially useful within a confederation. The default value is enable.
NextHopSelf
Check box--When checked (enabled), specifies that the next-hop attribute in an IBGP update is the address of the local router or the router that is generating the IBGP update. The default value is not checked (disabled).
DebugMask
Allows you to display specified debug information for the specified BGP peer. The default value is none.
Mask choices are:
none: disables all debug messages.
error: enables display of debug error messages.
packet: enables display of debug packet messages.
event: enables display of debug event messages.
trace: enables display of debug trace messages.
warning: enables display of debug warning messages.
state: enables display of debug state transition messages.
init: enables display of debug initialization messages.
filter: enables display of debug messages related to filtering.
update: enables display of debug messages related to sending and receiving updates.
all: enables all debug messages.
AdvertisementInterval
Specifies the time interval (in seconds) that transpires between each transmission of an advertisement from a BGP neighbor. The default value is 5 seconds.
  • Specify an integer value in the range 5 to 120 seconds.
ConnectRetryInterval
Sets the time interval (in seconds) for the ConnectRetry Timer. The default value is 120 seconds.
  • Specify an integer value in the range 0 to 65535 seconds.
Weight
Specifies this peer's or peer groups' weight, or the priority of updates that can be received from this BGP peer. The default value is 100.
Note: A weight is a numerical value you assign to a path that allows you to control the path selection process. The administrative weight is local to the router. For example, if you have particular neighbors that you want to prefer for most of your traffic, you can assign a higher weight to all routes learned from that neighbor.
  • Specify an integer value in the range 0 to 65535 seconds.
MaxPrefix
Sets a limit on the number of routes that can be accepted from a neighbor. The default value is 12,000 routes.
  • Specify an integer value in the range 0 to 2147483647.
Note: A value of 0 (zero) indicates that there is no limit to the number of routes that can be accepted.
RouteReflectorClient
Check box--When checked (enabled), specifies this peer or peer group as a route reflector client. The default value is disable.
Note: All peers that are configured become members of the client group and the remaining IBGP peers become members of the nonclient group for the local route reflector.
SoftReconfigurationIn
Allows the router to relearn routes from the specified neighbor or group of neighbors without resetting the connection when the policy changes in the inbound direction. The default value is disable.
SendCommunity
Enables or disables sending the update message's community attribute to the specified peer. The default value is disable.

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