EBGP route server

BGP feature is enhanced to support EBGP route server functionality. A BGP route server is the external BGP (EBGP) equivalent of an internal IBGP (IBGP) route reflector that simplifies the number of direct point-to-point EBGP sessions required in a network. EBGP route server propagates unmodified BGP routing information between external BGP peers to facilitate high scale exchange of routes in peering points such as Internet Exchange Points (IXPs). When BGP is configured as a route server, EBGP routes are propagated between peers unmodified, with full attribute transparency (NEXT_HOP, AS_PATH, MULTI_EXIT_DISC, AIGP, and Communities). 

The BGP JET bgp_route_service.proto API has been enhanced to support route server functionality as follows: 

• Program the EBGP route server. 
• Inject routes to the specific route server RIB for selectively advertising it to the client groups in client-specific RIBs. The BGP JET bgp_route_service.proto API includes a peer-type object that identifies individual routes as either EBGP or IBGP (default).