# BGP Peer Group Configuration

The Virtual Router (BGP) – BGP Peer Group Setting page allows you to configure attributes for a peer group. After you create a peer group, you can create and add members to the group.

### To Configure a BGP Peer Group

1. Enter the necessary information:

AS Number: Enter the AS number for the peer group.

EBGP Multihop: Enter the number of hops for the connection to the peer group.

Keep Alive: Specifies the number of seconds between keepalive packet transmissions sent by the BGP routing instance to its peer.Select one of the following:

Use node default: Sets the keepalive transmission interval to 1/3 of the hold time value.

Custom: Sets the keepalive transmission interval to the value entered.

Peer Authentication: Enter the MD5 password.

Self as next hop: Select this option to indicate that the next hop value is the local BGP virtual routing instance.

Send Community: Select this option to send the community to the peer.

Force Reconnect: Select this option to cause the peer to drop the existing BGP connection and accept a new connection.

Hold Time: Enter the maximum number of seconds that may elapse between the receipt of successive KEEPALIVE and/or UPDATE messages by the local BGP routing instance or its neighbor..

Retry Time: Number of seconds after an unsuccessful BGP session establishment attempt that the BGP routing instance retries to establish a session with the peer.

Weight: Indicates the priority of the path between the local BGP virtual routing instance and its neighbor. The higher the value, the greater priority the path has.

Route Map: From the drop-down lists, select previously-configured route-maps for incoming or outgoing exchanges with the peer.

2. Click OK to save the configuration. Click Apply to continue configuring peer settings.

When you configure a neighbor, you can select the peer group to which the BGP neighbor belongs. See BGP Neighbor List.