Configuring BGP AS Peer Group Settings in Gaia Portal

  1. From the left navigation tree, click Advanced Routing > BGP.

  2. In the Peer Groups section, configure the applicable settings.

  3. Click Add.

  4. Configure the applicable settings.

  5. Click Save.

Parameter

Description

Peer AS Number

The autonomous system number of the external peer group.

Enter an integer from 1-65535.

Peer Group Type

Shows the peer group type.

Description

Optional: A free-text description of the peer group.

Local Address

The address used on the local end of the TCP connection with the peer.

For external peers that do not have multihop enabled, the local address must be on an interface that is shared with the peer or with the peer's gateway, when the gateway parameter is used.

A session with an external peer opens only when an interface with a local address through which you can reach the peer or gateway address directly operates.

For other types of peers, a peer session opens when an interface with the specified local address operates.

In both external and other types of peers, incoming connections are recognized as matching a configured peer only if they are addressed to the configured local address.

Note - If you run BGP in a clusterClosed Two or more Security Gateways that work together in a redundant configuration - High Availability, or Load Sharing., you must not configure the local address.

Default: None

Out Delay

The length of time in seconds that a route must be present in the routing database before it is redistributed to BGP.

This value applies to all neighbors configured in this group.

The default value is zero, which means that this feature is disabled.

This feature dampens route fluctuations.

Range: 0-65535

Default: 0

Peers

Configure BGP peers.

Each peer inherits as defaults all parameters configured on a group.

To change the values of a peer's parameters, select the peer and click Edit.

See Configuring BGP Remote Peers in Gaia Portal.