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BGP, Insert Peer Groups dialog box fields


Field Description
Index
Sets a value which corresponds to a unique entry in the Peer Group Table. The default value is 1.
  • Specify an integer value in the range 1 to 1024.
GroupName
Name of the group you are creating.
Enable
Enables or disable the group. The default value is disable.
RemoteAs
Configures a remote-as for all peer-group members.
  • Specify an integer value in the range 0 to 65535.
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.
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.
AdvertisementInterval
Specifies the time interval (in seconds) that transpires between each transmission of an advertisement from a BGP neighbor. The default value is 30 seconds.
  • Specify an integer value in the range 1 to 120 seconds.
KeepAlive
Sets the time interval (in seconds) that transpires between transmissions of the local BGP router's keep-alive packets. The keep-alive packets indicate the enabled status of the local BGP router to peers. The default value is 60 seconds.
  • Specify an integer value in the range 1 to 21845 seconds.
HoldTime
Sets the BGP speaker's time interval (in seconds) for this peer. The default value is 180 seconds.
  • Specify an integer value in the range 3 to 21845 seconds (integer values 1 and 2 are not valid).
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 can assign a path so that you can control the path selection process. The administrative weight is local to the router. 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.
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).
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.

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.
RemovePrivateAs
When enabled, strips private AS numbers when sending an update. This feature is especially useful within a confederation. The default value is enable.
SendCommunity
Enables or disables sending the update message's community attribute to the specified peer. The default value is disable.
UpdateSourceInterface
Specifies the source IP address to be used when sending BGP packets to this peer or peer group.

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