Starting a BGP Process

Procedure

1. Run system-view

   The system view is displayed.

2. Run bgp { as-number-plain | as-number-dot }

   BGP is started, the local AS number is specified, and the BGP view is displayed.

   

   After BGP peers are configured, changing the router ID of a BGP peer resets BGP peer relationships.

3. Run router-id ipv4-address

   A router ID is set.

   

   By default, BGP automatically selects the global router ID. If the IP address of a physical interface is used as the router ID, route flapping occurs when the IP address of the physical interface changes. To enhance network stability, configuring the address of a loopback interface as the router ID is recommended. For router ID selection rules in the system view, see descriptions in Command Reference about the router-id command.