Workflow to configure a routing protocol

Overview

The following workflow lists the high-level steps required to configure a BGP, RIP, OSPF, LDP, or ISIS routing instance, or a PIM or IGMP multicast instance. Each routing protocol has different configuration steps that need to be followed to get routing operational in the network.

Each step in this workflow represents an XML configuration request. See the XML API SDK Sample Code Navigator for sample XML scripts.

Stages
 
1 

For a BGP routing instance:

  1. Configure an AS number.

  2. Configure a number for the confederation-autonomous system if your configuration requires confederations.

  3. Enable BGP on a router.

  4. Configure global-level BGP elements.

  5. Configure a BGP confederation.

  6. Configure a peer group-level BGP.

  7. Configure a peer-level BGP.

2 

For a RIP routing instance:

  1. Enable RIP on a router.

  2. Configure a global-level RIP.

  3. Configure a group-level RIP.

3 

For an OSPF routing instance:

  1. Enable OSPF on a router.

  2. Configure OSPF elements.

  3. Configure an OSPF area.

  4. Add an L3 interface to the OSPF area.

4 

For an LDP routing instance:

  1. Enable LDP on a router.

  2. Configure global-level LDP elements.

  3. Configure LDP interfaces.

  4. Configure LDP targeted peers.

5 

For an ISIS routing instance:

  1. Enable ISIS on a router.

  2. Configure router-wide ISIS elements.

  3. Configure ISIS NET addresses.

  4. Configure ISIS interfaces.

6 

For PIM routing instance:

  1. Enable PIM.

  2. Configure global-level PIM.

  3. Configure a PIM source-specific multicast group.

  4. Configure a PIM static rendezvous point.

  5. Configure a PIM interface.

  6. Configure the PIM candidate rendezvous point.

  7. Configure the PIM anycast rendezvous point.

7 

For IGMP routing instance:

  1. Enable IGMP.

  2. Configure IGMP.

  3. Configure an IGMP interface.