[c-nsp] Testing New BGP Provider

[Tom Storey]

Or how about AS32934 (aka Facebook).

If theres anything wrong with your new transit, you'll know about it
quick smart. :-)


On 5 May 2012 22:44, Josh Coleman <jcoleman at centauricom.com> wrote:
> Hi, Mitch
>
> I put an example for you how you could test a few carrier routes aka
> Cogent AS 174 and XO AS 2828 for your reference. The AS 3356 put what your
> upstream provider is that one listed is Level3. This would allow you to
> send a few outbound tests but not the entire Internet as you mentioned on
> your post. Once your happy then start advertising your IP Prefix and
> remove the DENY_ALL_PFX and see how that performs for inbound. But overall
> your best results if your worried is just take it slow.
>
> neighbor x.x.x.x activate
> neighbor x.x.x.x soft-reconfiguration inbound
> neighbor x.x.x.x prefix-list DENY_ALL_PFX out
> neighbor x.x.x.x route-map set-local-isp-testing in
>
> ip as-path access-list 20 permit ^3356_174_
> ip as-path access-list 20 permit ^3356_2828$
>
> ip as-path access-list 21 deny .*
>
> ip prefix-list DENY_ALL_PFX seq 100 deny 0.0.0.0/0
>
> route-map set-local-isp-testing  permit 10
>  match as-path 20
>  set local-preference 200
> !
> route-map set-local-isp-testing  permit 20
>  match as-path 21
>  set local-preference 1
>
>
>
>> Whats the best way to go about testing a new service provider connection
>> with BGP on a production router? Should I put the new connection in a VRF
>> to receive the global routing table and make sure things work as expected?
>> Or do I simply filter all routes initially and slowly permit a few
>> individual routes to be sure things look correct? Router is an ASR9000.
>> What
>> do others typically do?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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