Configuring BGP Route Selection and Load Balancing
Pre-configuration Tasks
BGP has many route attributes. These attributes can be configured to change the route selection result.
Before configuring BGP route attributes, complete the following task:
Configuration Procedure
Perform the following configuration tasks as required. The following configuration tasks (excluding the task of Verifying the BGP Route Selection and Load Balancing Configuration) can be performed in any sequence. For detailed route selection rules, see BGP Route Selection Rules and Load Balancing.
- Configuring the BGP Priority
- Configuring the Next_Hop Attribute
- Configuring the PrefVal Attribute
- Configuring the Default Local_Pref Attribute
- Configuring the AS_Path Attribute
- Configuring the MED Attribute
- Configuring the BGP Community Attribute
- Configuring BGP Load Balancing
- Configuring BGP LSP Load Balancing
Configuring BGP LSP load balancing improves network resource utilization and reduces network congestion. - Configuring BGP ADD-PATH
- Verifying the BGP Route Selection and Load Balancing Configuration