Monday, May 16, 2011

Lab 137 - BGP Peer Templates

Prerequisites: CCNP level skills.

Note!
I have created a pdf document with OSPF Lab 1 and 2 containing a detailed lab breakdown. Check it out if want. Any feedback is most welcome.
http://www.4shared.com/document/W8lhDzNo/Hacking-Cisco-OSPF-Lab1-2-Brea.html

Topology
Pic. 1 - Topology Diagram.
 
Icons designed by: Andrzej Szoblik - http://www.newo.pl

Task 1
Configure authentication between R3 and R5 (use password: 'CISCO123'). Configure the BGP timers: hello=30 seconds, holdtime=90 on R3 for all its iBGP peers. R3's iBGP sessions should inherit the same password. Do not use 'neighbor <address> password' command in R3 to accomplish your goal. R1 and R2 and R5 can use this command.  The configuration stipulates that iBGP current and future policy in R3 should be configured as a template.

Solution

Task 1
Configure authentication between R3 and R5 (use password: 'CISCO123'). Configure the BGP timers: hello=30 seconds, holdtime=90 in R3 for all its iBGP peers. R3's iBGP sessions should inherit the same password. Do not use 'neighbor <address> password' command on R3 to accomplish your goal. R1 and R2 and R5 can use this command.  The configuration stipulates that iBGP current and future policy in R3 should be configured as a template.

R1 Configuration:
router bgp 123
 no synchronization
 bgp router-id 172.16.101.1
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 network 172.16.101.0 mask 255.255.255.0
 neighbor 10.1.13.3 remote-as 123
 neighbor 10.1.13.3 password CISCO123
 neighbor 10.1.14.4 remote-as 40
 no auto-summary
!

R2 Configuration:
!
router bgp 123
 no synchronization
 bgp router-id 172.16.102.2
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 network 172.16.102.0 mask 255.255.255.0
 neighbor 10.1.23.3 remote-as 123
 neighbor 10.1.23.3 password CISCO123
 neighbor 10.1.23.3 next-hop-self
 neighbor 10.1.24.4 remote-as 40
 no auto-summary
!

R3 Configuration:
!
router bgp 123
 template peer-policy IBGP_POLICY
  next-hop-self
 exit-peer-policy
 !
 template peer-session AUTHENTICATION
  password CISCO123
 exit-peer-session
 !
 template peer-session IBGP_ROUTERS
  remote-as 123
  timers 30 90
  inherit peer-session AUTHENTICATION
 exit-peer-session
 !
 no synchronization
 bgp router-id 172.16.103.3
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 network 172.16.103.0 mask 255.255.255.0
 neighbor 10.1.13.1 inherit peer-session IBGP_ROUTERS
 neighbor 10.1.13.1 inherit peer-policy IBGP_POLICY
 neighbor 10.1.23.2 inherit peer-session IBGP_ROUTERS
 neighbor 10.1.23.2 inherit peer-policy IBGP_POLICY
 neighbor 10.1.35.5 remote-as 50
 neighbor 10.1.35.5 inherit peer-session AUTHENTICATION
 no auto-summary
!

Verification:
Pic. R3's Neighbors.