Hi NoVA members, We've recently enabled BGP Add-Path on our Route Server infrastructure. This enhancement allows the route servers to advertise multiple paths for the same prefix, giving you more routing options and improved path diversity for better traffic engineering and redundancy. Add-Path is defined in RFC 7911 ( https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7911 ) - Advertisement of Multiple Paths in BGP. *To use this capability:* If you'd like to take advantage of Add-Path, you'll need to enable the capability on your side and restart your BGP session with the route servers. *Configuration guides by vendor:* * *Juniper (Junos OS)* : Advertising Multiple Paths in BGP ( https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/routing-policy/bg... ) * *Cisco IOS / IOS XE* : BGP Additional Paths Configuration Guide ( https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_bgp/configuration/... ) * *Cisco IOS-XR* : Implementing BGP - Additional Paths ( https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/iosxr/ncs5500/bgp/79x/b-bgp-cg-ncs5500... ) * *Arista EOS* : Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) ( https://www.arista.com/en/um-eos/eos-border-gateway-protocol-bgp ) * *Nokia SR-OS* : BGP Add-Path ( https://documentation.nokia.com/acg/24-3-2/books/unicast-routing-protocols-c... ) *Important:* When enabling Add-Path, pay close attention to your max-prefix limits. Since you may receive additional paths, you should review and increase your max-prefix settings if needed to avoid session flaps. *Looking ahead:* We plan to bring this capability to our CIX-ATL and FL-IX route servers in the future. We'll announce those deployments separately when they're ready. If you experience any issues related to this change, please reach out to us at [email protected] and we'll be happy to assist. Best regards, Michael Still CommunityIX
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