Configure a BGP4+ Route-Reflector Client

You configure a BGP peer as a route-reflector client from the device that is the route reflector.

Procedure

  1. Access global configuration mode.
    device# configure terminal
  2. Access BGP configuration mode.
    device(config)# router bgp
  3. Specify the autonomous system in which your device resides.
    device(config-bgp-router)# local-as 1000
  4. Access IPv6 address family configuration mode.
    device(config-bgp-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast
  5. Specify the neighbor to be the route-reflector client.
    device(config-bgp-ipv6u)# neighbor 2001:db8:e0ff:783a::4 route-reflector-client

Example

The following example summarizes the commands in this procedure.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# local-as 1000
device(config-bgp-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast
device(config-bgp-ipv6u)# neighbor 2001:db8:e0ff:783a::4 route-reflector-client