MegaIX Looking Glass
The MegaIX Looking Glass provides full-featured visibility into traffic routing and the IX route server environment. This visibility helps you troubleshoot connections by searching for an AS number, a peer, or a particular IP prefix on the IX route server. For more information, see MegaIX Looking Glass.Route server filtering
The invalid routes are filtered and are easy to identify using the Looking Glass. For more information about RPKI, see any of these helpful references:- Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)
- BGP Origin Validation
- Read the Docs RPKI Documentation
- RFC 8210
Peer AS-SET
The Peer AS-SET option is enabled for all connections. This value defines the AS macro filter for the peer. Megaport uses it to generate a list of prefixes and origin AS values that an AS can originate, and this list filters announcements through the route server.Large BGP community support
The upgraded route servers support an extended range of action communities that Megaport IX route servers are able to recognize. As part of this, the EURO-IX Large BGP Community standard is also supported. Megaport recommends migrating to these communities.MegaIX communities will be supported for 12 months before they are deprecated by Megaport.
BFD support
The route server upgrade passively enables the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) protocol on route servers in all Megaport IX locations with a 300 millisecond interval. The BFD protocol detects any path failures between BGP neighbors.BGP Add Path
IX supports the BGP add-path feature to enable advertisements of multiple paths to a single address prefix, without the new paths implicitly replacing any previous paths. Add-path support provides:- Optimal routing and routing convergence in a network by providing potential alternate or backup paths.
- BGP traffic load balancing across more than one path.
Your network must support BGP add-path functionality to benefit from its features.