Route-Reflector

This specifies whether the router assumes the function of a route reflector.

When operating iBGP, all of the BGP routers usually need to be fully meshed, i.e. each BGP router must have established a BGP connection to every other BGP router. A route reflector negates this requirement and enables iBGP routers to form, for example, a star-shaped topology. A route reflector forwards the iBGP routes to all of the route-reflector clients.

A route reflector is able to serve route-reflector clients as well as normal BGP clients. In both cases no special configuration of the client is necessary.