BGP PIC Implementation Considerations
BGP PIC Implementation Considerations
Restrictions:
• Ensure that the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and the IP or Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
network is up and running at the customer site that is connected to the provider site by more than one
path (multihomed).
• Ensure that the backup or alternate path has a unique next hop that is not the same as the next hop of the
best path.
By default, without primary and backup path installation in the hardware, IPv4, IPv6, 6PE (per-vrf), 6VPE (per-vrf/per-ce),
L3VPN (per-vrf/per-ce) has good convergence.
When the mode is a per-prefix by default, BGP-PIC does not give good convergence, hence you must do hardware-assisted
PIC. For this, configure the cef encap-sharing disable command in XR Config mode.
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Configure BGP PIC
With hardware-assisted BGP PIC that is configured using the cef encap-sharing disable command, separate hardware
resources (FEC/EEDB) are allocated for every prefix. Cisco recommends you to make sure that the router has sufficient
hardware resources for the resource allocation.
Caution This CLI reprograms the CEF completely and impacts traffic. We recommend that you do it in the maintenance
window.
Specifies the autonomous system number and enters the BGP configuration mode, allowing you to configure the BGP
routing process.
Step 3 address-family {vpnv4 unicast | vpnv6 unicast | ipv4 unicast | ipv6 unicast}
Example:
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