PowerConnect B-Series FCX Configuration Guide 981
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Configuring BGP4 (IPv4)
Table 181 lists individual Dell PowerConnect switches and the BGP4 features they support. BGP4
features are supported on PowerConnect B-Series FCX ADV devices running the full Layer 3
software image.
This chapter provides details on how to configure Border Gateway Protocol version 4 (BGP4) on Dell
products using the CLI.
BGP4 is described in RFC 1771. The Dell implementation fully complies with RFC 1771. The Dell
BGP4 implementation also supports the following RFCs:
• RFC 1745 (OSPF Interactions)
• RFC 1997 (BGP Communities Attributes)
• RFC 2385 (TCP MD5 Signature Option)
• RFC 2439 (Route Flap Dampening)
• RFC 2796 (Route Reflection)
• RFC 2842 (Capability Advertisement)
• RFC 3065 (BGP4 Confederations)
To display BGP4 configuration information and statistics, refer to “Displaying BGP4 information” on
page 1061.
Your Layer 3 Switch management module must have 32 MB or higher to run BGP4.
TABLE 181 Supported BGP4 features
Feature PowerConnect B-Series FCX
(-ADV models only)
BGP4 Yes
BGP4 graceful restart Yes
((FCX stack only)
BGP4 peer group Yes
Route redistribution Yes
Route aggregation Yes
BGP null0 routing Yes
Route reflection Yes
BGP filters Yes
Cooperative BGP4 route filtering Yes
Route flap dampening Yes
Multipath load sharing Yes
Traps for BGP4 Yes
