Implementing Route-Reflectors in MPLS VPN Networks
BGP route-reflectors (RRs) are considered a scalability tool that allows network designers to steer away from BGP full mesh requirements. Classical iBGP split horizon rules mandate that updates received on eBGP sessions should be forwarded on all iBGP and eBGP sessions, but updates received on an iBGP session should be forwarded only on all eBGP sessions. This requires the BGP edge or boundary router (ASBR) to send updates to all other BGP-enabled routers in its own AS directly through individual iBGP sessions to each BGP router. RRs modify the iBGP split horizon rule and allow a specific router, under certain conditions, to forward all incoming iBGP updates to an outgoing iBGP session. This ...
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