Configuring Basic BGP

Overview/Description
To configure basic Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) for internal and external connections

Target Audience
Network engineers responsible for configuring, implementing, troubleshooting, and managing medium-to-large routed networks in an enterprise or service provider environment; network architects responsible for designing networks that support multiple routing protocol types; CCNP, CCDP, and CCIP candidates; CCIE routing and switching candidates

Prerequisites
A good understanding of networking terms, topologies, and the OSI reference model; familiarity with TCP/IP and configuring IP address schemes, including subnetting and variable-length subnet masking (VLSM); experience of operating and configuring Cisco routers for general use and configuring basic routing protocol implementations

Expected Duration
160 Minutes

Objectives:

Configuring Basic BGP

  • define Border Gateway Protocol, outline the function of the autonomous system concept, and define policy-based routing using BGP path vector functionality.
  • determine when BGP is best implemented and define the different message types and their functions.
  • distinguish between the different types of BGP neighbors and determine the need for fully-meshed adjacencies.
  • define basic Border Gateway Protocol operations.
  • configure appropriate next-hop behavior and peer groups with neighboring BGP routers, and appropriate BGP network advertisements.
  • recognize how BGP establishes synchronization with its neighbors and identify neighbor states.
  • use the BGP show, debug, and clear commands for clearing and resetting BGP sessions and for viewing neighbor information and update messages.
  • configure a simple external and internal BGP network and a fully meshed internal BGP autonomous system.


    • Course Number: 120161_eng