Configure Redistribution to BGP

Configure redistribute entries for BGP to announce routes of a certain source type to BGP, for example, DvR, direct, static, Routing Information Protocol (RIP), and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). If you do not configure a route policy, then the switch uses the default action based on metric, metric type, and subnet. Use a route policy to perform detailed redistribution.

Before you begin

If required, configure a route policy.
When you configure BGP on a specific VRF instance, the VRF must have an RP trigger of BGP. Not all parameters are configurable on non-default VRFs.
Before you redistribute DvR host routes to BGP, ensure that you disable BGP aggregation and BGP auto-summarization of networks. Disabling these settings ensures that all the DvR host routes are advertised into BGP correctly, and are not summarized.

Procedure

In the navigation pane, expand Configuration > IP.
Click BGP.
Click the Redistribute tab.
Click Insert.
Configure the source protocol.
If required, choose a route policy.
Configure the metric to apply to redistributed routes.
Enable the redistribution instance.
Click Insert.

Redistribute field descriptions

Use the data in the following table to use the Redistribute tab.


Name	Description
DstVrfId	Specifies the destination VRF instance (read-only).
Protocol	Specifies the protocols that receive the redistributed routes.
SrcVrfId	Specifies the source VRF instance (read-only).
RouteSource	Specifies the source protocol for the route redistribution entry.
Enable	Enables (or disables) a BGP redistribute entry for a specified source type.
RoutePolicy	Configures the route policy to use for the detailed redistribution of external routes from a specified source into the BGP domain.
Metric	Configures the metric for the redistributed route. The value can be a range between 0–65535. The default value is 0. Use a value that is consistent with the destination protocol.