3.2.1.2 Add Provider

→  Router – Identify the router and routing domain where the provider interconnects with your network
→  Provider – Specify what is a provider ASN, short name and description
→  IP addresses – Specify and assign provider network addresses that IRP will use
→  Commit Control – Optionally set provider usage thresholds to be used for Commit Control
→  SNMP host – Specify the SNMP host for this provider
→  External monitor – Indicate if an External monitor is used and designated external IP addresses used to verify this provider link status
→  Internal monitor – Indicate if an Internal monitor based on BGP session with provider will be used and the corresponding SNMP resource
→  Pre-checks – Validate given provider parameters before submitting them

• Choose a provider type (Transit, Partial or Exchange) (peer.X.type)

Figure 3.2.15: Configuration editor: Choose a provider type

• Choose a Router (peer.X.bgp_peer)
• Provider/link name:
  – Provider short name (peer.X.shortname)
  – Provider description (peer.X.description)
  

  Figure 3.2.16: Configuration editor: Provider name
  

• Provider IPv4 addresses
  – IPv4 diagnostic hop (peer.X.ipv4.diag_hop)
  – Probing IPv4 address ( peer.X.ipv4.master_probing)
  – Router next-hop IPv4 address (peer.X.ipv4.next_hop)
  – Router ASN for IPv4 (peer.X.ipv4.next_hop_as)
  

  Figure 3.2.17: Configuration editor: Provider IPv4 address
  

• Provider IPv6 addresses
  – IPv6 diagnostic hop (peer.X.ipv6.diag_hop)
  – Probing IPv6 address (peer.X.ipv6.master_probing)
  – Router nex-hop IPv6 address (peer.X.ipv6.next_hop)
  – Router ASN for IPv6 (peer.X.ipv6.next_hop_as)
  

  Figure 3.2.18: Configuration editor: Provider IPv6 addresses
  

• Provider Commit Control
  – Provider 95th percentile (peer.X.95th)
  – Commit Control status for this provider (peer.X.cc_disable)
  – Allow Improvements within provider group members (peer.X.improve_in_group)
  

  Figure 3.2.19: Configuration editor: Provider Commit Control
  

• Provider Monitoring setup
  – SNMP host settings (SNMP Host)
  – Provider SNMP interfaces (peer.X.snmp.interfaces)
  

  Figure 3.2.20: Configuration editor: Provider SNMP