BGP local WEIGHT

BGP local WEIGHT
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Local Preference is not a vendor specific BGP Path Attribute like all the BGP path attributes except Weight Attribute.. Local Preference attribute is used to choose external BGP paths. These IBGP Peers also have EBGP connectivity with other routers, outside of the Autonomous System. What is BGP Local Preference?

Note that we use the show ip bgp command in order to see this information that is stored in the BGP routing database. In our example, you can assign a higher local preference value to 13.100.0.0/16 in US West than in US East, and similarly, a higher local preference value to 23.100.0.0/16 in US East than in US West. If multiple paths exist, Local Preference informs iBGP routers how to exit the AS ie which path to prefer for outgoing traffic. Specifically, this output shows the attributes of Next Hop, Metric (MED), LocPrf (Local Preference), Weight, and Path (AS Path). Weight: Weight is a Cisco-defined attribute that is local to a router. WEIGHT parameter is local to the router on which it is configured.
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  • The weight attribute is not advertised to neighboring routers. In some uncommon situations it can be useful to increase the weight so a path with a lower local preference is preferred over one with a higher local preference. A path without LOCAL_PREF attribute have a value of 100 by default. There are instances where the traffic destined for networks outside of the Autonomous System should egress out via the Palo Alto firewall instead of the IBGP peers. Local Pref - in both locations I would use a route-map again and again match the default route then set the local pref to be 150. The default Local Preference value is 100.