RE: BGP cluster-ID

From: Cheong Kok Yong (kycheong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Jun 08 2001 - 03:26:56 GMT-3


   
when I have 6 routers in one AS, 3 routers (R1,R2 & R3) are in one cluster
with R2 is RR, another 3 routers (R4, R5, R6) with R5 is the RR, as follow:

r1---r2----r3
      |
      |
      |
r4---r5---r6

is it a must that the RR connect with each other like the above diagram in
order to propagate the route from one cluster to another like above ? or
instead r3 can peer with r6 to achieve the full mesh ?

Cheong

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan LaTorre [mailto:cisco@crl.fdns.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 9:17 PM
To: Groupstudy
Subject: Re: BGP cluster-ID

 When using Route Reflectors, there is always a cluster-id associated
 with the RR and it's RR clients. If not configured explicitly, the
 router ID of the RR is used as the cluster-id. This ensures uniqueness
 between one RR cluster and another. If there are multiple RRs in the
 same cluster though, the cluster-id should be the same, and therefore
 the default RID needs to be overridden. This is the only way RR clients
 will know that both RRs are in the same cluster.

  So to answer your question succinctly, when you have multiple RR
 clusters in an AS, you do not need to configure the cluster-id, because
 it will automagically do it for you.

 Ryan

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cheong Kok Yong" <kycheong@aeradio.com.sg>
> To: "Ccielab (E-mail)" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 5:33 AM
> Subject: BGP cluster-ID
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > how to implement the cluster-id in BGP, when there is more than one
> Route
> > reflector in a cluster ?
> > but not needed when U have 2 clusters in one AS, each cluster having
> one RR
> > ?
> > or you still need the cluster-id whenever you have more than one RR
in
> an AS
> > even though separate cluster ?
> >
> > Cheong
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