Tag: Cisco

BGP table-map is a feature that allows us to filter, or set properties of, the BGP routes marked for installation into the RIB. One scenario where we could use table-map is a dedicated IPv4 RR that doesn't need to have all of the routes it receives in the RIB, but it still needs to propagate them to its clients. We will test BGP Selective route download using the below simple topology. RRC1 advertises 4 prefixes to RR. These prefixes are 110.0.[0-3].0/24 . RRC2 also advertises 4 prefixes to RR. These prefixes are 120.0.[0-3].0/24...

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Role based access control for CLI allows us to set up a very granular permissions for user accounts. We can have a role called NOC that will have right to use only selected show commands. Or we could have a role for Junior Engineers that will allow them to configure only certain aspects of the device like interface descriptions. Before we can configure specific views, we need to enable aaa and configure enable password: aaa-new model enable secret cisco After that we can enter the root view to confirm parser views are enabled: R1#enable view Password: R1#sh parser...

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