Nortel Networks 40M2420 manual Cfg/l3/bgp/aggr aggregation number, BGP Aggregation Configuration

Alteon OS Command Reference

/cfg/l3/bgp/aggr <aggregation number>

BGP Aggregation Configuration

[BGP Aggr 1 Menu]

addr	- Set aggregation IP address
mask	- Set aggregation network mask
enable	- Enable aggregation
disable	- Disable aggregation
delete	- Delete aggregation
cur	- Display current aggregation configuration

This menu enables you to configure BGP aggregation to specify the routes/range of IP destina- tions a peer router accepts from other peers. All matched routes are aggregated to one route, to reduce the size of the routing table. By default, the first aggregation number is enabled and the rest are disabled.

Table 6-83BGP Aggregation Configuration Menu Options (/cfg/l3/bgp/aggr)

Command Syntax and Usage

addr <IP address (such as 192.4.17.101)>

Defines the starting subnet IP address for this aggregation, using dotted decimal notation. The default address is 0.0.0.0.

mask <IP subnet mask (such as, 255.255.255.0)>

This IP address mask is used with addr to define the range of IP addresses that will be aggregated to one route when the aggregation is enabled. The default address is 0.0.0.0.

ena

Enables this BGP aggregation.

dis

Disables this BGP aggregation.

del

Deletes this BGP aggregation.

cur

Displays the current BGP aggregation configuration.

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