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FortiManager BGP hidden ‘set route-map’ configuration

By: Author Alex Lim

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Categories Troubleshooting

This article describe the configuration of ‘set route-map’ in the FortiManager BGP template.

Scope

FortiManager.

Solution

In BGP configuration, ‘set route-map’ is often used for BGP route control with rules. In the FortiManager GUI BGP template, the configuration may be hidden if it is not applied correctly. The route-map configuration is located under Device Manager -> Provisioning template -> BGP template -> IPv4 Redistribute / IPv6 Redistribute.

Users may experience the error below although IPv4 Redistribute and IPv6 Redistribute are disabled:

Users may experience the error below although IPv4 Redistribute and IPv6 Redistribute are disabled.

This configuration can be configured even though it is disabled and it will be hidden from the GUI. To remove the ‘set route-map’ configuration, users need to enable it and change the filter to ALL:

Before:

Before: To remove the 'set route-map' configuration, users need to enable it and change the filter to ALL

After:

After: To remove the 'set route-map' configuration, users need to enable it and change the filter to ALL

After removing the filter in IPv4 Redistribute and IPv6 Redistribute, users should be able to save the BGP template successfully.

Note:

Users may disable the IPv4 Redistribute/IPv6 Redistribute after removing the Filter if do not wish to enable the IPv4 Redistribute/IPv6 Redistribute status.

Besides, users may check the BGP template IPv4 Redistribute/IPv6 Redistribute if they find any unknown route-map configured during the Install Preview:

Besides, users may check the BGP template IPv4 Redistribute/IPv6 Redistribute if they find any unknown route-map configured during the Install Preview.