
Configuring and Customizing BGP
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The BGP-4 update message has the same format and contains the same mandatory
attributes as the BGP-3 update message with the following additions:
• In place of the unreachable attribute that BGP-3 includes as part of the path
attribute description, the BGP-4 update includes an unreachable field. This
field specifies destinations that have become unreachable.
• In place of the BGP-3 optional attributes, a BGP-4 update message can
include the optional attributes described in Table 8-2
.
Table 8-2. BGP-4 Optional Path Attributes
Attribute Description
Multiexit discriminator Chooses between paths to the destinations listed
Local preference Allows AS border routers to indicate the preference
they have assigned to a chosen route when
advertising it to IBGP peers
Atomic aggregate Ensures that certain network layer reachability
information (NLRI) is not deaggregated
Aggregator Identifies which AS performed the most recent route
aggregation. The attribute contains the last AS
number that formed the aggregate route followed by
the IP address of the BGP speaker that formed the
aggregate route.
Route clusters Lists the route clusters that may be traversed to
reach a given destination
Advertiser Identifies which border router injected the route
BGP community Identifies the communities to which the route
belongs. (A community is a group of destinations that
share some common property.)
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