topic RE: Export direct and static to one bgp neighbor in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

Export direct and static to one bgp neighbor

andreas1 — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 17:14:00 GMT

Is there any way to only export direct and/or static to a specific neighboor ? I can't figure out if I can do it in a route-policy or not ? I do not want to do it for the general bgp process. ( I would have to rewrite alot of export policys then ) But if that is the only way I have to do it I guess ? Or could I do a seperate network statement under bgp for that subnet specific ? One example 10.0.0.0/24 I want to send 10.0.0.0/30 to a specific neighboor that I is direclty connected to the router that runs BGP. // Andreas

RE: Export direct and static to one bgp neighbor

Naresh — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 19:06:00 GMT

Hi Andreas,

Please find the article to find “How to advertise selective routes via BGP” using below link,

https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/How_To/How-to-selectively-advertise-static-routes-via-BGP

Note: please test it before implementing on production switch.

RE: Export direct and static to one bgp neighbor

Bharathiraja__S — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 08:04:00 GMT

Hi Andreas,

I hope given kb is helpful , This KB is for exos based device.

Please check and let us know if you have any further questions.

Thanks,
Suresh.B

RE: Export direct and static to one bgp neighbor

andreas1 — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 04:07:00 GMT

yes but this will not be specific to a BGP peer right ? This will be for ALL peers ? And I just want to annonce a static/direct entry to ONE peer not all peers ?

RE: Export direct and static to one bgp neighbor

Tripathy__Priya — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:22:00 GMT

Hello Andreas,

Actually When exporting BGP routes, static routes we need to configure with the configure bgp add network command. This takes precedence over BGP discovered routes.

To create a static BGP network, use the following command:
configure bgp add network {address-family [ipv4-unicast | ipv4-multicast | ipv6-
unicast | ipv6-multicast]} {network-policy }

NOTE:
This command adds the route to BGP only if the route is present in the routing table.

Hope this is useful for you.

RE: Export direct and static to one bgp neighbor

andreas1 — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:16:00 GMT

Yes I understand all of that. My question still remains can I do this per "neighboor" ? I do not want to add a static network to my other neighboor only to a specific neigh. // Andreas

RE: Export direct and static to one bgp neighbor

Alex24 — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 21:15:00 GMT

Hello Andreas,

Route-Policies would be the way to go to filter advertisements to a specific peer. These two articles How to filter routes in BGP on EXOS Router and How to selectively advertise static routes via BGP show two different implementations of this. The first filters routes out using a deny policy while the second specifies only certain routes that should be advertised.

In your case adding routes to BGP is not a per neighbor thing. However by using route-policies for each peer you can control which routes go to which peer from the overall BGP route table.

- Alex

RE: Export direct and static to one bgp neighbor

andreas1 — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 02:21:00 GMT

Understood  It would be nice to be able to specify per neighboor behaviour though. I solved it the way you suggested but it will make the polices more complex.