Juniper JN0-363 Exam - Topic 2 Question 66 Discussion

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BGP Attribute Categories

There are four categories of BGP attributes:

Well-known mandatory:Recognized by all BGP peers, passed to all peers, and present in all Update messages. Well-known mandatory attributes include:- Next-hop- Origin- AS PATH

Well-known discretionary:Recognized by all routers, passed to all peers, and optionally included in the Update message. Well-known discretionary attributes include:- Local Preference- Atomic Aggregate

Optional transitive:Possibly recognized by BGP routers and passed to BGP peers. Optional transitive attributes are marked as partial when not recognized. Optional transitive attributes include:- Aggregator- Community

Optional non-transitive:Possibly recognized by BGP routers but not passed to peers. Optional non-transitive attributes include:- Multi-exit discriminator (MED)- Originator ID- Cluster-ID

The three well-known mandatory BGP attributes that must be present in every BGP update message are:

Next Hop: Indicates the next hop IP address to reach the advertising BGP peer.

Origin: Indicates how the route was originated, whether it was via IGP, EGP, or incomplete.

AS Path: Lists the autonomous systems that the update has traversed.

Juniper Networks Technical Documentation on BGP Attributes