Table of Contents
Crafting Confederations An overview of the Confederation POP Approach to Network Architecture
The Old Way…
PPT Slide
A Better Way
How the Old worked… (Full Mesh iBGP)
How the Old Way worked… (Route Reflectors)
How the Old Way worked… (Filtering)
How the New Way works… (Confederations)
Confederation Overview
Confederation Overview
Confederation Overview
The Advantages of a Confederation of POPs
How to Make It Work
Sub-AS Assignment
Geographical Region as sub-AS
Sample Community Assignments
Community Strings are the Key
Communities Set at Ingress
PPT Slide
Community Categories – Route Type
Other Peoples Networks (OPNs)
Community Categories – Route Ingress Location
Community Categories – Specials
Community Categories – Origin AS
PPT Slide
Local Preference Hierarchy
Local Preference Hierarchy
Peer Types
Local sub-AS Peers
Update-Source Loopback Address
Confederation Peers
Soft Reconfiguration
Confederation Peer Configuration
Confederation Peer Routes
Additive MEDs
Additive MEDs in Confederations
Transit Peers
Transit Peer Config
Transit Peer Config
Transit Tricks
Private/Public Peers
Peer Configuration
Free Peering Routes
Customer Peers
What Type of Routes Can We Send?
Special Considerations for Customers
Customer Configuration – Full Routes
Customer Configuration – Partial Routes
Default Route Only
Question and Answer
The New Way gives us…
Bibliography
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