Bgp databases
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Bgp databases :
*neighbor table
- list of bgp neighbors
*BGP forewarding table / database
-list of all networks learned from each neighbor
-can contain multiple pathways to destination networks
-database contains bgp attributes for each pathway
*Ip routing table
- list of best paths to destination networks
BGP NEIGHBORS
* bgp neighbors are the routers forming tcp connection for exchanging bgp updates . also called bgp speakers or bgp peers
*two types of bgp neighbors exits
-iBGP
-eBGP
Bgp message type :
open
keep alive
update
notification