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Routing BGP Configure BGP Configure BGP Redistribution Settings

Last updated: Jul 29, 2025

Configure BGP Redistribution Settings

Redistribution settings allow you to define the conditions for redistributing routes from another routing domain into BGP.

Procedure

1

On the Device Management page, click Routing.
2

(For a virtual-router-aware device) From the virtual routers drop-down, choose the virtual router for which you are configuring BGP.
3

Choose BGP > IPv4 or IPv6.
4

Click Redistribution.
5

Click Add and update the Add Redistribution dialog:

  1. Source Protocol— Select the protocol from which you want to redistribute routes into the BGP domain from the Source Protocol drop-down list.


     

    User-defined virtual routers does not support redistributing traffic from RIP.

  2. Process ID— Enter the identifier for the selected source protocol. Applies to the OSPF protocol. For devices using virtual routing, this drop-down lists the process ID assigned for the virtual router for which you are configuring the BGP settings.

  3. Metric— (Optional) Enter a metric for the redistributed route.

  4. Route Map— Enter or select a route map that should be examined to filter the networks to be redistributed. If not specified, all networks are redistributed. To create a new route map object, click Add (add icon). See Configure Route Map Entry for the procedure to add a new route map.

  5. Match— The conditions used for redistributing routes from one routing protocol to another. The routes must match the selected condition to be redistributed. You can choose one or more of the following match conditions. These options are enabled only when OSPF is chosen as the Source Protocol.

    • Internal

    • External 1

    • External 2

    • NSSA External 1

    • NSSA External 2

  6. Click OK.
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