The Virtual Router (BGP) – Neighbors page enables you to configure a peer or neighbor device to the current Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing instance.
The Virtual Router (BGP) – Neighbors page displays the following parameters. These parameters apply to both Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) if you set the IPv6 environment variable. Unless otherwise indicated, the parameters and their usage are the same for both protocols.
AS Number: A value that identifies the autonomous system (AS) in which the peer routing instance resides.
Remote IP: The IP address of the device that you want to establish as a peer to the current BGP virtual routing instance.
Local IP/Netmask: Displays the local IP address of an external BGP (EBGP) multi-hop peer.
Peer Group: If you have configured a peer group, you can add this peer to the peer group.
Outgoing Interface: The outbound interface to which BGP is bound.
wt: Displays the priority value or weight set for the IPv4 or IPv6 address family for the peer device.
Conn ID: Displays the ID of the connection between the peer and the current BGP routing instance.
Status: Displays whether the connection is disabled or enabled. The default status of the connection is disabled. You must manually enable the connection.
State: Displays one of the six distinct connection states in which the current BGP routing instance and its peer resides.
Action: Contains the Add button, which enables you to establish a peer connection with another routing instance.
Enter the AS number of the AS in which you want the peer to the current BGP routing instance to reside.
Enter the IP address of the remote device with which you want the current BGP routing instance to establish a peer relationship.
Click Add to save the settings.
The AS number and the remote IP address appear in the list with Configure and Remove options. Click Configure to configure settings that indicate how the current BGP routing instance interacts with its BGP peer. See BGP Peer Configuration.
From this page, you can perform the following configurations:
To configure basic BGP settings, see Virtual Router BGP Settings.
To configure BGP confederations, see BGP Confederations.
To configure BGP confederations, see Network Setting Configuration.
To configure BGP communities, see BGP Communities.
To configure conditions to redistribute routes to the current BGP router, see BGP Redistribution Rules.
To configure an aggregated BGP address, see BGP Aggregation.
To configure BGP peer groups, see BGP Peer Groups.
To configure an AS-Path value, see AS-Path Configuration.