BGP - Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers v4.1

1. BGP Overview

• Session Establishment
• Path Attributes
• Route Processing
• Basic Configuration
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting

2. BGP Transit Autonomous Systems

• Working with a Transit AS
• Interacting with IBGP and EBGP in a Transit AS
• Forwarding Packets in a Transit AS
• Configuring a Transit AS
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting IBGP in a Transit AS

3. Route Selection Using Policy Controls

• Multihomed BGP Networks
• Employing AS Path Filters
• Filtering with Prefix Lists
• Outbound Route Filtering
• Applying Route Maps as BGP Filters
• Implementing Changes in BGP Policy

4. Route Selection Using Attributes

• BGP Route Selection with Weights
• BGP Local Preference
• AS-Path Prepending
• BGP Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED)
• Addressing BGP Communities

5. Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP

• Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements
• Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routes
• Connecting a Multihomed Customer to Single or Multiple Service Providers

6. Scaling Service Provider Networks

• Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks
• Designing Networks and Route Reflectors
• Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors
• Configuring and Monitoring Confederations

7. Optimizing BGP Scalability

• Improving BGP Convergence
• Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
• Implementing BGP Peer Groups
• BGP Route Dampening