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BGP Attributes

This document provides an overview of BGP attributes including: - BGP attributes are classified as well-known mandatory, well-known discretionary, and optional attributes. - Key attributes include AS_PATH, NEXT_HOP, ORIGIN, LOCAL_PREF, COMMUNITY, and MED. - The BGP route selection process uses these attributes to determine the best path, preferring the path with the highest local preference, shortest AS path, and lowest MED.

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BGP Attributes

This document provides an overview of BGP attributes including: - BGP attributes are classified as well-known mandatory, well-known discretionary, and optional attributes. - Key attributes include AS_PATH, NEXT_HOP, ORIGIN, LOCAL_PREF, COMMUNITY, and MED. - The BGP route selection process uses these attributes to determine the best path, preferring the path with the highest local preference, shortest AS path, and lowest MED.

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APNIC eLearning:

BGP Attributes

Contact: [email protected]

eROU04_v1.0
Overview
•  BGP Attributes
•  Well-known and Optional Attributes
•  AS Path
•  AS Loop Detection
•  iBGP and eBGP Next Hop
•  Next Hop Best Practice
•  BGP Origin, Local Preference, MED, and Community
Attributes
•  BGP Route Selection Process
BGP Attributes
•  Well-known attributes – must be supported by every BGP
implementation
•  Mandatory attributes – must be included with every route entry. If one
attribute is missing, it will result in an error message
–  Ex: ORIGIN, AS_PATH, NEXT_HOP, LOCAL_PREF
•  Discretionary attributes – every BGP router must recognize, but they
don’t have to be present with every route entry
–  Ex. ATOMIC_AGGREGATE

•  Optional attributes – not necessarily supported by all BGP


implementations. It can be either transitive or non-transitive.
–  AGGREGATOR, COMMUNITY, MULTI_EXIT_DISC
BGP Attributes
BGP metrics are called path attributes. Here
is the classifications BGP attributes:
Well-known mandatory Optional transitive
–  AS-Path -  Community
–  Next-hop -  Aggregator
–  Origin

Well-known discretionary Optional non-transitive


−  Local preference - Multi-exit-discriminator
−  Atomic aggregate (MED)
Well-Known Attributes

•  Must be recognized by all compliant BGP implementations


•  Are propagated to other neighbors

Well-Known Mandatory Attributes Well-Known Discretionary Attributes


- Must be present in all update - May be present in update messages
messages - Local preference
- AS Path - Atomic aggregate
- Next-hop
- Origin
Optional Attributes
•  Recognized by some implementations (could be private)
expected not to be recognized by everyone
•  Recognized optional attributes are propagated to other
neighbors based on their meaning

Optional Transitive Attributes Optional Non Transitive attributes


- If not recognized, are marked as - Discarded if not recognized
partial and propagated to - Multi Exit Discriminator (MED)
other
neighbors
- Community
- Aggregator
AS Path Attribute

•  Sequence of ASes a route has traversed


•  Used for
–  Loop detection
–  Path metrics where the length of the AS Path is used as in path
selection
AS Path Loop Detection

•  180.10.0.0/16 is not accepted by AS100 as the prefix has


AS100 in its AS-PATH
•  This is loop detection in action
AS Path Attribute (2 byte and 4 byte)

•  Internet with 16-bit and 32-bit ASNs


–  32-bit ASNs are 65536 and above
–  AS-PATH length maintained
AS Path and AS4 Path Example
Router5:

Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path


*> 2001::/32 2406:6400:F:41::1
0 23456 38610 6939 I
*i 2406:6400:D::5 0 100 0 45192 4608 4826 6939 i

*> 2001:200::/32 2406:6400:F:41::1


0 23456 38610 6939 2500 i
*i 2406:6400:D::5 0 100 0 45192 4608 4826 6939 2500 i
eBGP Next Hop

•  The IP address to reach the next AS


–  Router A advertise 150.10.0.0/16 and 160.10.0.0/16 to router
–  B in eBGP with next hop 150.10.1.1 (Change it to own IP)
–  Router B will update Router C in iBGP keeping the next hop
unchanged
•  Well known mandatory attribute
iBGP Next Hop

•  Next hop is iBGP router loopback address


•  Recursive route look-up
•  Loopback address need to announce through IGP (OSPF)
•  iBGP send update next-hop unchanged
Next Hop Best Practice
•  IOS default is for external next-hop to be propagated
unchanged to iBGP peers
–  This means that IGP has to carry external next-hops
–  Forgetting means external network is invisible
–  With many eBGP peers, it is unnecessary extra load on IGP

•  ISP Best Practice is to change external next-hop to be that


of the local router
–  neighbor x.x.x.x next-hop-self
Next Hop Self Configuration
•  Next hop default behavior can be changed by using next-
hop-self command
•  Forces all updates for this neighbor to be advertised with
this router as the next hop
•  The IP address used for next-hop-self will be the same as
the source IP address of the BGP packet
BGP Origin Attribute
•  The origin attribute informs all autonomous systems how
the prefix introduced into BGP
•  Well known mandatory attribute
•  Three values: IGP, EGP, incomplete
–  IGP generated by BGP network statement
–  EGP generated by EGP
–  Incomplete redistributed from another routing protocol
BGP Origin Attribute Example

Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, >


best, i - internal,
r RIB-failure, S Stale
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? – incomplete

Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path


*> 2001::/32 2406:6400:F:41::1 0 23456 38610 6939 i
*i 2406:6400:D::5 0 100 0 45192 4608 4826 6939 i
BGP Local Preference Attribute
•  Local preference is used to advertise to IBGP neighbors
only about how to leave their AS (Outbound Traffic).
•  Paths with highest preference value are most desirable
•  Local preference attribute is well-known and discretionary
and is passed only within the AS
•  Cisco Default Local Pref is 100
BGP Local Preference Attribute

•  For destination 160.10.0.0/16 Router A advertise local pref


500 and Router B advertise local pref 800 in iBGP
•  800 will win best path (Router B)
BGP Local Pref Attribute Example
Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 2001::/32 2406:6400:F:41::1
0 23456 38610 6939 i
*i 2406:6400:D::5 0 100 0 45192 4608 4826
6939 i
*> 2001:200::/32 2406:6400:F:41::1
0 23456 38610 6939 2500 i
*i 2406:6400:D::5 0 100 0 45192 4608 4826
6939 2500 i
BGP MED Attribute
•  MED is used to advertise to EBGP neighbors about how to
exit their AS to reach networks owned by this AS (Incoming
traffic).
•  • MED is sent to EBGP neighbors only.
•  The paths with the lowest MED value are the most
desirable
•  The MED attribute is optional and non transitive
BGP MED Attribute

•  For prefix 120.68.1.0/24 Router B send MED 1000 and


router A send MED 2000 to eBGP neighbor
•  Incoming traffic from AS200 will choose Router B since
lowest MED will win
BGP MED Example
Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 2001::/32 2406:6400:F:41::1
0 23456 38610 6939 i
* i 2406:6400:D::5 0 100 0 45192 4608 4826 6939 i
*> 2001:200::/32 2406:6400:F:41::1
0 23456 38610 6939 2500 i
* i 2406:6400:D::5 0 100 0 45192 4608 4826 6939 2500 i
BGP Community Attribute
•  Community is a tagging technique to mark a set of routes
•  Upstream service provider routers can then use these flags
to apply specific routing polices (i.e local preference etc)
within their network
•  Represented as two 16 bit integers (RFC1998)
•  Common format is <local-ASN>:xx
•  I.e 0:0 to 0:65535 and 65535:0 to 65535:65535 are
reserved
•  Very useful in applying policies within and between ASes
•  Optional & transitive attribute
BGP Route Selection Process
•  Step 1: Prefer highest weight (local to router)
•  Step 2: Prefer highest local preference (global within AS)
•  Step 3: Prefer route originated by the local router
•  Step 4: Prefer shortest AS path
•  Step 5: Prefer lowest origin code (IGP < EGP < incomplete)
•  Step 6: Prefer lowest MED (from other AS)
•  Step 7: Prefer EBGP path over IBGP path
•  Step 8: Prefer the path through the closest IGP neighbor
•  Step 9: Prefer oldest route for EBGP paths
•  Step 10: Prefer the path with the lowest neighbor BGP router ID
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