From: Brian Hescock (bhescock@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Feb 07 2001 - 10:51:21 GMT-3
Les,
One reason the command isn't documented very much is until recently it
was a hidden command (and hidden commands aren't even documented within
Cisco, they're for the sole purpose of the Development Engineers).
Redistributing bgp into an igp is never a good idea, particularly if you
have full internet routes. ospf just can't handle it (not well anyway),
particularly with 96,000+ routes now. is-is is more scalable than ospf but
even it may start to run into problems as the number of internet routes
rise above 100,000 plus routes.
It all comes down to network design, you really shouldn't need to
redistribute bgp into an igp in a well-designed network. The ccie lab
doesn't count, anything goes... ;-)
B.
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Les Hardin wrote:
> Howdy folks,
>
> Can someone point me to a link or info that describes the bgp
> redistribute-internal command. I know what it does, but I want to fully
> understand the pros/cons of using it. Cisco is very low key about this
> option. In fact, after the command option in the IOS is says
> (Dangerous). Oooooooh, scary! I'd like a bit more guidance than
> "Dangerous." I looked in the 12.0 IOS Guides, and there is nothing. I
> searched on CCO and the CD and only get a hit on MPLS stuff...and there
> they just give the command. No explanation or nothing. Can someone
> help? What are all the ways it can be Dangerous? Thanks.
>
> Les
> Attempt 2: April 18th, Halifax
>
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