BGP Policy Rules

Device

IP address of the PortMaster.

BGP Policy Rule

Rule number in the BGP policy.

Action

Type of rule:

Permit Allows the IP prefix to be advertised if the criterial in the rule are met.

Deny Prohibits the IP prefix from being advertised if the criteria in the rule are met.

Include Policy

Inserts an existing policy Policyname into the current policy. Included policies can themselvees include other policies up to a maximum level of 10 nested included policies.

Prefix

IP prefix Prefix and netmask NM against which to compare the prospective IP prefix. The netmask indicates the numberof high-order bits in the IP prefix.

Specify Prefix in dotted decimal notation.

]Specify NM as number from 1 to 32, preceded by a slash(/)--for example, /24.

By default any prefix that matches the netmask in the rule prefix in the leftmost--most significant--bits, matches the rule prefix.

Exactly

Prefix Longer Than

AS Path

Community

Degree of Preference

Local Preference

Input Multi-Exit-Disc

Output Multi-Exit-Disc

Community

Community Action

Next Hop

Ignore Community Restrictions