Configuring a BMP station

BMP stations are configured at a top-level configuration context (config>bmp). A BMP station can then monitor BGP in the base router, or in one or more virtual routers for VPRN services. For each instance of BGP, a separate BMP TCP session is set up between the router and that BMP station. A total of eight different BMP stations can be configured on an SR OS router.

The following command creates a BMP station:

config>bmp>station station-name [create]

Example

config>bmp>station antwerp [create]

This creates a BMP station named antwerp. The station name must be used when configuring BGP peers to be monitored by this station. The name can also be used in the show>router>bmp CLI commands to display associated information.

The next step is to configure how this station can be reached. To do this, the IP address of the Linux station, or container, on which the BMP collector is run is required. Also, the TCP port number on which the BMP station is listening is needed. BMP does not use a well-known port number.

A network operator can pick any appropriate TCP port number.
BMP sessions from an SR OS router can run over either TCP/IPv4 or TCP/IPv6.

The following is an IP address and port number configuration for a BMP station:

configure bmp
  station antwerp create
    connection
      station-address 1.2.3.4 port 5000
      exit
    exit
  exit

This creates a BMP station that can monitor one or more BGP peers.

Next, assign the BGP peers to be monitored.

In BGP configuration mode, navigate to the monitor command, config>router>bgp>monitor. The monitor command can be used at the BGP-instance level the group or neighbor levels.
Configure up to eight station names that monitor these peers, config>router>bgp>monitor>station name.
Enable monitoring, config>router>bgp>monitor>no shutdown. On SR OS routers, both the BMP protocol and each individual station are in a shutdown state by default. To allow BMP to start BMP sessions, BMP and the station must be administratively enabled.

configure router bgp
  monitor
    station antwerp
    no shutdown
    exit
  exit

All peers in the BGP instance of the base router are now monitored by station antwerp. The router only sends BMP peer-up and peer-down messages to the BMP station. Sending periodic statistics messages, or reporting incoming BGP routes must be explicitly configured.