# Configuring redistribution to BGP

## Before you begin

- If required, a route policy exists.

## About this task

Configure redistribute entries for BGP to announce routes of a certain source type to BGP, for example, direct, static, Routing Information Protocol (RIP), and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). If you do not configure a route policy, then the switch uses the default action based on metric, metric type, and subnet. Use a route policy to perform detailed redistribution.

## Procedure

1. In the navigation tree, open the following folders: Configuration > IP.
2. Click BGP.
3. Click the Redistribute tab.
4. Click Insert.
5. Configure the source protocol.
6. If required, choose a route policy.
7. Configure the metric to apply to redistributed routes.
8. Enable the redistribution instance.
9. Click Insert.

## Redistribute field descriptions

Use the data in the following table to use the Redistribute tab.

Name | Description
--- | ---
RouteSource | Specifies the source protocol for the route redistribution entry.
Enable | Enables (or disables) a BGP redistribute entry for a specified source type.
RoutePolicy | Configures the route policy to use for the detailed redistribution of external routes from a specified source into the BGP domain.
Metric | Configures the metric for the redistributed route. The value can be a range between 0–65535. The default value is 0. Avaya recommends that you use a value that is consistent with the destination protocol.