Chapter 8. Route Reflection and Confederation Migration Strategies

This chapter explores various aspects of route reflection and confederation:

• General migration strategies

• Case Study 1: iBGP Full Mesh to Route Reflection Migration

• Case Study 2: iBGP Full Mesh to Confederation Migration

• Case Study 3: Route Reflection to Confederation Migration

• Case Study 4: Confederation to Route Reflection Migration

This chapter covers the following migration strategies that are relevant to iBGP scalability:

• From iBGP full mesh to route reflection

• From iBGP full mesh to confederation

• From route reflection to confederation

• From confederation to route reflection

The subject of route reflection and confederation was discussed in Chapter 7

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