Arista EOS Configuration

This guide provides a standard BGP configuration template for connecting Arista EOS devices to IXPN.

Prerequisites

• Assigned ASN from AFRINIC or your RIR
• IXPN IP allocation (IPv4/IPv6)
• Physical or logical link to IXPN

Configuration Template

router bgp <YOUR_ASN>
 no synchronization
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 neighbor <neighbor-address> remote-as <neighbor-as>
 neighbor <neighbor-address> description IXPN Route Server 1
 neighbor <neighbor-address> password <MD5_PASSWORD>
 neighbor <neighbor-address> remote-as <neighbor-as>
 neighbor <neighbor-address> description IXPN Route Server 2
 neighbor <neighbor-address> password <MD5_PASSWORD>
 !
 address-family ipv4
  network <YOUR_IPV4_PREFIX> mask <YOUR_IPV4_MASK>
  neighbor <neighbor-address> activate
  neighbor <neighbor-address> next-hop-self
  neighbor <neighbor-address> soft-reconfiguration inbound
  neighbor <neighbor-address> activate
  neighbor <neighbor-address> next-hop-self
  neighbor <neighbor-address> soft-reconfiguration inbound
 exit-address-family
!

Verification

Check your BGP summary:

show ip bgp summary