The Virtual Router (BGP) – Confederation page enables you to divide autonomous systems into smaller units known as confederations .
Enter the necessary information:
Confederation: Click Enable to activate the confederation or click Disable to deactivate the confederation.
ID: Enter an integer to identify the confederation.
Supported RFC: Select one of two Request for Comment document standards to set for the confederation environment: RFC 3065 or RFC 1965.
Peer Member area ID: Enter a value that identifies the AS of the peer you want to add to the confederation. Click Add to add the peer member ID. You can add additional peer member IDs for the confederation. To remove a peer member ID, click Remove.
Click OK to save your changes and return to the Virtual Router Basic Configuration page. Click Apply to continue configuring BGP.
From this page, you can perform the following configurations:
To configure basic BGP settings, see BGP Virtual Router Settings.
To specify networks that are reachable from the virtual router, see BGP Network Setting Configuration.
To configure BGP communities, see BGP Communities.
To configure conditions to redistribute routes to the current BGP router, seeBGP Redistribution Rules.
To configure an aggregated BGP address, seeBGP Aggregation.
To configure BGP neighbors, seeBGP Neighbors.
To configure BGP peer groups, seePeer Group Configuration.
To configure an AS-Path access list, see BGP AS-Path Access List Configuration.