The Virtual Router (BGP) – BGP Neighbor Setting page enables you to configure settings that indicate how the current BGP routing instance interacts with its BGP peer.
Enter the necessary information:
EBGPMultihop: Select Enable to connect to the peer through multiple, intervening routing nodes. Enter the number of hops for the connection.
Keep Alive: Specifies the number of seconds between keepalive packet transmissions sent by the BGP routing instance to its peer.Select one of the following:
Use node default: Sets the keepalive transmission interval to 1/3 of the hold time value.
Custom: Sets the keepalive transmission interval to the value entered.
Peer Authentication: Select Enable to enable Message Digest version 5 (MD5) authentication for the peer. Enter the MD5 password.
MED: Enter the value that indicates the preference for entry into the AS. The lower the MED value, the higher the priority of the link.
Send default route to peer: Select this option to send the routes with the 0.0.0.0 prefix to the peer.
Ignore default route from peer: Select this option to ignore routes with the 0.0.0.0 prefix sent from the peer.
Self as next hop: Select this option to indicate that the next hop value is the local BGP virtual routing instance.
Send Community: Select this option to send the community to the peer.
Force Reconnect: Select this option to cause the peer to drop the existing BGP connection and accept a new connection.
Hold Time: Select Enable to specify the maximum number of seconds that may elapse between the receipt of successive KEEPALIVE and/or UPDATE messages by the local BGP routing instance or its neighbor. Enter the maximum number of seconds.
Weight: Indicates the priority of the path between the local BGP virtual routing instance and its neighbor. The higher the value, the greater priority the path has.
Route Map: From the drop-down lists, select previously-configured route-maps for incoming or outgoing exchanges with the peer.
Peer Enabled: Select this option to enable the peer connection.
Click OK to save the configuration. Click Apply to continue configuring peer settings.