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Migrate an iBGP full mesh to route reflectors without an outage

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AS 64500 runs six routers in an iBGP full mesh (15 sessions, all on loopbacks): internet edges R1 and R2, core routers CORE1 and CORE2, and site routers R5 and R6. Both ISPs send a default route; R1 sets local preference 200 so ISP1 is primary. Fourteen more sites arrive next year, which would mean 190 sessions in a full mesh. You are asked to move to route reflectors during normal change windows, with no customer impact.

AS 64500ISP1AS 64496ISP2AS 64497R110.255.0.1R210.255.0.2CORE110.255.0.11CORE210.255.0.12R510.255.0.5R610.255.0.6

Book 4.1 Global Internet

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Where do the route reflectors go, and how many?