BGP4 General Information

To access this dialog box:

  1. Select Device > Configure > Protocols.

  2. With BGP4 selected in the Select Protocol field, click Details. A confirmation message appears.

  3. Click OK to proceed and launch the main BGP4 dialog box.

This dialog box provides general information about BGP4.

The following information is displayed:

The following list specifies buttons in this dialog box, as well as their function:


BGP Version (bgpVersion)

Vector of supported BGP protocol version numbers. Each peer negotiates the version from this vector. Versions are identified via the string of bits contained within this object. The first octet contains bits 0 to 7; the second octet contains bits 8 to 15, and so on, with the most significant bit referring to the lowest bit number in the octet.


Local AS (bgpLocalAs)

Local autonomous system number.