Configure==>BGP

You can configure your PortMaster or IRX to use the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) as a routing protocol. The following describes the BGO fields in PMVision that you need to set.

BGP Setting

Description

ID

The BGP identifier, which is an IP address on the PortMaster that identifies the PortMaster as a BGP router to other routers. The IP address is usually on of the interfaces on the PortMaster.

ASN

The autonomous system identifiers, a number (supplied by InterNIC) used to identify the autonomous system wo which the router belongs.

Connect Retry Interval

The interval at which the source router attempts to open sessions to peers that are not fully established.

Hold Time

The interval that the source router waits between keepalive, update, or notification messages from a peer, before identifying the peer as no longer operational and dropping all information learned from that peer.

Keep Alive Timer

The interval at which the source router sends keepalive messages to its peers to let them know that it is still reachable. The valid range is from 30 to 1000 seconds. 30 is the default.

IGP Lockstep

If checked, forces the source router to wait until it finds a suitable IGP route that supports the route befor advertising it.