BGP configuration task list

In a basic BGP network, you only need to perform the following configurations:

To control BGP route distribution and path selection, you must perform additional configuration tasks.

To configure BGP, perform the following tasks (IPv4):

Tasks at a glance

Remarks

Configuring basic BGP:

As a best practice, configure BGP peer groups on large scale BGP networks for easy configuration and maintenance.

Perform at least one of the following tasks to generate BGP routes:

N/A

(Optional.) Controlling route distribution and reception:

N/A

(Optional.) Controlling BGP path selection:

N/A

(Optional.) Tuning and optimizing BGP networks:

N/A

(Optional.) Configuring a large-scale BGP network:

N/A

(Optional.) Configuring BGP GR

N/A

(Optional.) Enabling SNMP notifications for BGP

N/A

(Optional.) Enabling logging of session state changes

N/A

(Optional.) Configuring BFD for BGP

N/A

To configure BGP, perform the following tasks (IPv6):

Tasks at a glance

Remarks

Configuring basic BGP:

As a best practice, configure BGP peer groups on large scale BGP networks for easy configuration and maintenance.

Perform at least one of the following tasks to generate BGP routes:

N/A

(Optional.) Controlling route distribution and reception:

N/A

(Optional.) Controlling BGP path selection:

N/A

(Optional.) Tuning and optimizing BGP networks:

N/A

(Optional.) Configuring a large-scale BGP network:

N/A

(Optional.) Configuring BGP GR

N/A

(Optional.) Enabling SNMP notifications for BGP

N/A

(Optional.) Enabling logging of session state changes

N/A

(Optional.) Configuring BFD for BGP

N/A