BGP Accumulated IGP

The BGP Accumulated IGP feature is an optional nontransitive Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) path attribute.
The attribute type code for the accumulated interior gateway protocol (AIGP) attribute is assigned by the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). The value field of the AIGP attribute is defined as a set of
type, length, value (TLV) elements. The AIGP TLV contains the AIGP metric.

• Finding Feature Information, page 1

• Information About BGP Accumulated IGP, page 1
• How to Configure BGP Accumulated IGP, page 3
• Configuration Examples for BGP Accumulated IGP, page 7
• Additional References for BGP Accumulated IGP, page 8
• Feature Information for BGP Accumulated IGP, page 9

Finding Feature Information

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Information About BGP Accumulated IGP

Overview of BGP Accumulated IGP
The BGP Accumulated IGP feature is required to simulate the current Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
behavior of computing the distance associated with a path. OSPF or Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) carries
the prefix or label information only in the local area. Then, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) carries the prefix
or label to all the remote areas by redistributing the routes into BGP at area boundaries. The routes or labels

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are then advertised using label-switched paths (LSP). The next-hop for the route is changed at each Area
Border Router (ABR) to a local device, which removes the need to leak OSPF routes across area boundaries.
The bandwidth available on each of the core links is mapped to the OSPF cost; therefore, it is imperative that
BGP carries this cost correctly between each of the provider edge (PE) devices. This functionality is achieved
by using the BGP Accumulated IGP feature.
You need to enable accumulated interior gateway protocol (AIGP) processing for internal Border Gateway
Protocol (iBGP) and external Border Gateway Protocol (eBGP) neighbors to carry the AIGP attribute. Neighbors
configured with the AIGP attribute are put in a separate update group from other iBGP neighbors. A separate
update group is required for neighbors that are enabled to send the AIGP value to cost community. BGP needs
to translate the AIGP attribute to the cost community or multi-exit discriminator (MED) and attach it to the
route before advertising to legacy.
When BGP installs AIGP attribute routes into the routing information base (RIB), it adds the AIGP cost with
the next-hop cost. If the next-hop is a nonrecursive IGP route, BGP sets the AIGP metric to the received AIGP
value and the first hop IGP metric to the next-hop. If the next-hop is a recursive route with the AIGP metric,
BGP adds the received AIGP metric to the next-hop AIGP metric.

Sending and Receiving BGP Accumulated IGP

When a session receives a prefix with the accumulated interior gateway protocol (AIGP) attribute and is not
configured to receive AIGP information, the session discards the AIGP attribute and processes the remainder
of the update message, and then it passes the AIGP attribute to other BGP peers. The route is then installed
into the routing information base (RIB) and the prefix is sent with the AIGP attribute to all the AIGP-enabled
neighbors. The AIGP attribute value is not updated if the next-hop of the route is not changed by the device
before advertising it to the neighbor. If the device changes the next-hop of the route, it recalculates the AIGP
attribute value by adding the next-hop metric to the received AIGP attribute value.

Originating Prefixes with Accumulated IGP

Origination of routes with the accumulated interior gateway protocol (AIGP) metric is controlled by
configuration. AIGP attributes are attached to redistributed routes that satisfy the following conditions:
• The protocol redistributing the route is enabled for AIGP.
• The route is an interior gateway protocol (IGP) route redistributed into Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
The value assigned to the AIGP attribute is the value of the IGP next-hop to the route or as set by a route
policy.
• The route is a static route redistributed into BGP. The value assigned is the value of the next-hop to the
route or as set by a route policy.
• The route is imported into BGP through a network statement. The value assigned is the value of the
next-hop to the route or as set by a route policy.
• The inbound or outbound route map also creates an AIGP attribute route map using the set aigp-metric
command.

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How to Configure BGP Accumulated IGP

Configuring AIGP Metric Value
SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. router bgp as-number
4. address-family ipv4 [unicast | multicast | vrf vrf-name]
5. redistribute protocol autonomous-system-number route-map map-tag
6. network network-id route-map map-tag
7. exit
8. route-map rtmap
9. set aigp-metric [igp-metric | value]
10. end

DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Example:
Device> enable

Step 2 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Device# configure terminal

Step 3 router bgp as-number Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing
process.
Example:
Device(config)# router bgp 40000

Step 4 address-family ipv4 [unicast | multicast | vrf vrf-name] Specifies the IPv4 address family and enters address family
configuration mode.
Example:
Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4
unicast

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Command or Action Purpose

Step 5 redistribute protocol autonomous-system-number Redistributes routes from one routing domain to another
route-map map-tag routing domain.

Example:
Device(config-router-af)# redistribute bgp 100
route-map rtmap

Step 6 network network-id route-map map-tag Specifies the networks to be advertised by the Border
Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing process.
Example:
Device(config-router-af)# network 10.1.1.1
route-map rtmap

Step 7 exit Exits address family configuration mode and returns to

global configuration mode.
Example:
Device(config-router-af)# exit

Step 8 route-map rtmap Enters route map configuration mode.

Example:
Device(config)# route-map rtmap

Step 9 set aigp-metric [igp-metric | value] Specifies a metric value for the accumulated interior
gateway protocol (AIGP) attribute. The manual metric
Example: value range is from 0 to 4294967295.

Device(config-route-map)# set aigp-metric

igp-metric

Step 10 end Exits route map configuration mode and enters privileged
EXEC mode.
Example:
Device(config-route-map)# end

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Enabling Send and Receive for an AIGP Attribute

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. router bgp as-number
4. address-family {ipv4 | ipv6} [unicast]
5. neighbor ip-address aigp
6. end

DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Example:
Device> enable

Step 2 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Device# configure terminal

Step 3 router bgp as-number Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing
process.
Example:
Device(config)# router bgp 40000

Step 4 address-family {ipv4 | ipv6} [unicast] Specifies the IPv4 or IPv6 address family and enters
address family configuration mode.
Example:
Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4
unicast

Step 5 neighbor ip-address aigp Enables send and receive of the AIGP attribute per
neighbor.
Example:
Device(config-router-af)# neighbor 192.168.1.1
aigp

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Command or Action Purpose

Step 6 end Exits address family configuration mode and returns to
privileged EXEC mode.
Example:
Device(config-router-af)# end

Configuring BGP Accumulated IGP

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. router bgp as-number
4. address-family {ipv4 | ipv6} [unicast]
5. neighbor ip-address aigp [send {cost-community community-id poi {igp-cost | pre-bestpath}
[transitive]} | med]
6. end

DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Example:
Device> enable

Step 2 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Device# configure terminal

Step 3 router bgp as-number Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing
process.
Example:
Device(config)# router bgp 40000

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Command or Action Purpose

Step 4 address-family {ipv4 | ipv6} [unicast] Specifies the IPv4 or IPv6 address family and enters
address family configuration mode.
Example:
Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4
unicast

Step 5 neighbor ip-address aigp [send {cost-community Translates the AIGP attribute to MED and attaches it to
community-id poi {igp-cost | pre-bestpath} [transitive]} the route before advertising to legacy provider edge (PE)
| med] devices.

Example:
Device(config-router-af)# neighbor 192.168.1.1
aigp send med

Step 6 end Exits address family configuration mode and returns to

privileged EXEC mode.
Example:
Device(config-router-af)# end

Configuration Examples for BGP Accumulated IGP

Example: Configuring AIGP Metric Value
The following is a sample configuration for originating prefixes with the accumulated internal gateway protocol
(AIGP) metric attribute:
Device# configure terminal
Device(config)# router bgp 40000
Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast
Device(config-router-af)# redistribute bgp 100 route-map rtmap
Device(config-router-af)# network 10.1.1.1 route-map rtmap
Device(config-router-af)# exit
Device(config)# route-map rtmap
Device(config-route-map)# set aigp-metric igp-metric
Device(config-route-map)# end

Example: Enabling Send and Receive for an AIGP Attribute

The following example shows how to enable AIGP send and receive capability in address family configuration
mode:
Device# configure terminal
Device(config)# router bgp 40000
Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast
Device(config-router-af)# neighbor 192.168.1.1 aigp
Device(config-router-af)# exit

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In the following example, the device belongs to autonomous system 65000 and is configured to send the
cost-community attribute to its neighbor at IP address 172.16.70.23:
Device# configure terminal
Device(config)# router bgp 65000
Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4 multicast
Device(config-router-af)# neighbor 172.16.70.23 aigp send cost-community 100 poi igp-cost
transitive
Device(config-router-af)# exit

In the following example, the device belongs to autonomous system 65000 and is configured to send the MED
attribute to its neighbor at IP address 172.16.70.23:
Device# configure terminal
Device(config)# router bgp 65000
Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4 multicast
Device(config-router-af)# neighbor 172.16.70.23 aigp send med
Device(config-router-af)# exit

Additional References for BGP Accumulated IGP

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Feature Information for BGP Accumulated IGP

The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This
table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release
train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.
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Table 1: Feature Information for BGP Accumulated IGP

Feature Name Releases Feature Information

BGP Accumulated IGP Cisco IOS XE Release 3.12S The BGP Accumulated IGP feature
is an optional nontransitive Border
Gateway Protocol (BGP) path
attribute. The attribute type code
for the accumulated interior
gateway protocol (AIGP) attribute
is assigned by the IANA. The value
field of the AIGP attribute is
defined as a set of type, length,
value (TLV) elements. The AIGP
TLV contains the AIGP metric.
The following commands were
introduced:
aigp, aigp send cost-community,
aigp send med, bgp bestpath aigp
ignore, set aigp-metric

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