Configure a BGP4 Route-Reflector Client

You can configure a BGP peer as a route-reflector client.

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 IPv4 address family configuration mode.
    device(config-bgp-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast
  5. Specify the neighbor to be a route-reflector client.
    device(config-bgp-ipv4u)# neighbor 10.1.1.1 route-reflector-client
    This example configures neighbor 10.1.1.1 as a route-reflector client.

Example

This 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 ipv4 unicast
device(config-bgp-ipv4u)# neighbor 10.1.1.1 route-reflector-client