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Learn how to install, configure, and operate the Vyatta Network Operating System (Vyatta NOS) and Orchestrator, which help drive our virtual networking and physical platforms portfolio.

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Configuring IPv6 routing with BGP

Configure IPv6 BGP peers

To configure an iBGP peer between R1 and R2, perform the following steps in configuration mode.

Table 1. Configuring R1 and R2 as iBGP peers

Router

Step

Commands

R1

Configure an iBGP peer. 

vyatta@R1# set protocols bgp 1 neighbor 2001:db8:2::2 remote-as 1

R1

Configure the address-family. 

vyatta@R1# set protocols bgp 1 neighbor 2001:db8:2::2 address-family ipv6-unicast

R1

Commit the changes. 

vyatta@R1# commit

R2

Configure a iBGP peer. 

vyatta@R2# set protocols bgp 1neighbor 2001:db8:2::1 remote-as 1

R2

Configure the address-family. 

vyatta@R2# set protocols bgp 1neighbor 2001:db8:2::1 address-family ipv6-unicast

R2

Commit the change. 

vyatta@R2# commit

To configure eBGP between R2 and R3, perform the following steps in configuration mode on R2.

Table 2. Configuring R2 and R3 as eBGP peers

Router

Step

Commands

R2

Configure an eBGP peer. 

vyatta@R2# set protocols bgp 2 neighbor 2001:db8:2::2 remote-as 3

R2

Configure a BGP multihop peer. 

vyatta@R2# set protocols bgp 2 neighbor 2001:db8:2::1 ebgp-multihop '2'

R2

Configure the address-family. 

vyatta@R2# set protocols bgp 2 neighbor 2001:db8:2::2 address-family ipv6-unicast

R2

Commit the changes. 

vyatta@R2# commit

R3

Configure an eBGP peer. 

vyatta@R3# set protocols bgp 3 neighbor 2001:db8:2::1 remote-as 2

R3

Configure a BGP multihop peer. 

vyatta@R3# set protocols bgp 3 neighbor 2001:db8:2::1 ebgp-multihop '2'

R3

Configure the address-family. 

vyatta@R3# set protocols bgp 3 neighbor 2001:db8:2::1 address-family ipv6-unicast

R3

Commit the changed. 

vyatta@R3# commit

Last updated: February 18, 2022