Manage BGP configuration
For the configuration of Exterior Gateway Protocols (EGP), Mantychore provides the configuration of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). It selects a router, press right-click to the "BGP Activation Action" and it will appears the dialog with all the parameters which Mantychore permits configure. In this point, It is necessary to select configured policies (their policies must be already created, see Manage BGP policies)
Parameters A router identifier
Parameters |
Description |
Example |
Router As Number |
Number of the AS |
1..64511 |
Router-id |
|
127.0.0.1 |
Hold-timer |
Max time one peer will wait to get a BGP from the other side |
180 |
Rules Selection
For the configuration of BGP, it is necessary a set of policies to specify how it receives and sends the protocol information. These rules must be created with an identifier and they will be added to BGP configurations
EBGP specify parameters
Parameters |
Description |
Example |
Remove Private AS's |
Boolean value indicating if private AS should be eliminated |
true, false |
Neighbor |
EBGP peer the router is connected to |
192.168.1.2 |
Remote AS Number |
Number of the peer as who we are peering with |
1..65535 |
IBGP specify parameters
Parameters |
Description |
Example |
Router Reflector |
Parameter indicating if the router is a router reflector |
true, false |
Local-Address |
Direction use by the peer(s) to establish the connection |
84.88.31.88 |
List of Neighbors |
Set of IBGP peers the router is connected to |
192.168.1.2, 192.168.2.1, etc... |