MP-BGP Scan-Time

[mounir.mohamed]

Dear ALl,

Kinldy clarify

i would like to confirm that Cisco IOS on router which is running BGP session for Le routes and MP-BGP session to exchange VPNV4 routes, is there is Seperated Scanner one for BGP and another one for MP-BGP and each of them Scan the tabel to confirm route rechability or both use the same Scanner

[Harold Ritter]

Mounir,

There is one scanner for all address families. Note that with BGP Next-HOP Tracking, the next-hop validation is now event driven.

For more information on BGP next-hop tracking, please refer to the following URL;

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps5207/products_feature_guide09186a00803b8dd9.html

Hope this helps,

[mheusinger]

Hello,

there is one Scanner process in software, but you can instruct it to scan different address-families at different frequencies. The config could be like this (not complete for a PE, just to show bgp scan-time):

router bgp 65000

bgp scan-time 20

neighbor 10.1.1.1 remote-as 65000

address-family vpnv4

neighbor 10.1.1.1 activate

neighbor 10.1.1.1 next-hop-self

bgp scan-time 15

exit-address-family

Hope this helps! Please rate all posts.

Regards, Martin

[deepak.vyas.ccip]

Hi Martin,

can u please tell me that with MPLS VPNs, which elements will be included in an MP-BGP update

exchange between the PE routers?

Deepak

[mounir.mohamed]

Dear Sir,

MP-BGP updates contain the following data:

- VPNv4 Address --> IP+RD

- BGP Community (RT, SOO)

- Labels used for VPN packets

- BGP attributes (AS,NH, ASPATH..etc)

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Best Regards,

Mounir Mohamed