SIP User's Manual 118 Document #: LTRT-12801
MP-500 MSBG
¾ To enable BGP and OSPF:
1. Click the BGP and OSPF item (Configuration tab > Data Settings menu > Routing
submenu > BGP and OSPF page item); the following page appears:
Figure 3-106: Configuring BGP and OSPF
2. Select the 'Enabled' check box of the supported protocol(s); the page provides an area
for configuration file, as shown in the example below:
Figure 3-107: Page Displaying Area for Configuration File
3. Create a configuration file for the protocol daemon and also for Zebra. Zebra is
Quagga's IP routing management daemon which provides kernel routing table
updates, interface lookups, and redistribution of routes between the routing protocols.
To view examples of the configuration files, browse to
http://www.quagga.net/docs/quagga.pdf.
4. Enter the configuration files in their respective code fields. Alternatively, click the Set
Default Values button located to the right of each code field. The default values
displayed are as follows:
• BGP:
!router bgp <AS number>
The exclamation mark is Quagga's comment character. The router bgp string is a
command that activates the BGP daemon. The exclamation mark emphasizes
that the command must be followed by an exact Autonomous System's ID
number.
log syslog
A command that instructs the daemon to send its log messages to the system log.