Enable BGP on a routing instance; see To enable BGP on a routing instance .

If BGP mesh scaling is an issue due to the number of NEs in an AS, configure a BGP confederation; see To configure a BGP confederation .

If you are configuring MP-BGP, enable multicast IPv4 on the base routing instance of each NE that is to participate in a VPRN; see To configure global-level BGP and Chapter 79, VPRN service management .

Create at least one BGP peer group; see To configure peer-group-level BGP .

Configure peer-level BGP as required; see To configure peer-level BGP .

Configure BGP SIDR prefix origin validation as required; see To configure BGP SIDR prefix origin validation .

Configure long-lived graceful restart as required; see To configure long-lived graceful restart on a BGP site.

Enable or disable BGP peering as required; see To enable or disable BGP peering .

Configure a site for BGP AD or BGP VPLS as required, see To configure a site for BGP AD or BGP VPLS .

Verify BGP routes against a routing policy statement as required; see To verify BGP routes against a routing policy statement

Verify a BGP prefix list against a routing policy statement as required; see To verify a BGP prefix list against a routing policy statement .