Configuring BGP
Advanced BGP Configuration Task List
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Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide
• Disabling Next Hop Processing on BGP Updates (Optional)
• Configuring the BGP Version (Optional)
• Configuring the MED Metric (Optional)
Advanced BGP Configuration Task List
Advanced, optional BGP configuration tasks are described in the following sections:
• Using Route Maps to Modify Updates (Optional)
• Resetting eBGP Connections Immediately upon Link Failure (Optional)
• Configuring Aggregate Addresses (Optional)
• Disabling Automatic Summarization of Network Numbers (Optional)
• Configuring BGP Community Filtering (Optional)
• Configuring BGP Conditional Advertisement (Optional)
• Configuring a Routing Domain Confederation (Optional)
• Configuring a Route Reflector (Optional)
• Configuring BGP Peer Groups (Optional)
• Disabling a Peer or Peer Group (Optional)
• Indicating Backdoor Routes (Optional)
• Modifying Parameters While Updating the IP Routing Table (Optional)
• Setting Administrative Distance (Optional)
• Adjusting BGP Timers (Optional)
• Changing the Default Local Preference Value (Optional)
• Redistributing Network 0.0.0.0 (Optional)
• Configuring the Router to Consider a Missing MED as Worst Path (Optional)
• Selecting Path Based on MEDs from Other Autonomous Systems (Optional)
• Configuring the Router to Use the MED to Choose a Path from Subautonomous System Paths
(Optional)
• Configuring the Router to Use the MED to Choose a Path in a Confederation (Optional)
• Configuring Route Dampening (Optional)
For information on configuring features that apply to multiple IP routing protocols (such as
redistributing routing information), see the chapter “Configuring IP Routing Protocol-Independent
Features.”