VLR and MP-BGP

RouterOS Forwarding Protocols
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Hi All,

I'm new to the Mikrotik world but enjoying the products. Can someone please help me out? I'm trying to see if the following configuration from a Cisco config would translate into MikroTik language. I have a Mikrotik CRS125-24G-1S-2HnD-IN. We are trying to connect an Ethernet point to point ExpressRoute to Azure. Thank you in advance.

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Primary Router

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Define VRF

ip vrf 10
rd 65022:10

Define Private ER Interface

interface TenGigabitEthernet0/0/0.100
description Customer 10 Private Peering to Azure
encapsulation dot1Q 21 second-dot1q 100
ip vrf forwarding 10
ip address 192.168.10.17 255.255.255.252
no shutdown

Define Interface to Switch

interface TenGigabitEthernet1/1/1.10
description Customer 10 to Switch
encapsulation dot1Q 10
ip vrf forwarding 10
ip address 10.9.10.1 255.255.255.0
no shutdown

Define BGP Address Family

router bgp 65022
address-family ipv4 vrf 14
neighbor 192.168.14.18 remote-as 12076
neighbor 192.168.14.18 activate
neighbor 192.168.14.18 next-hop-self
neighbor 192.168.14.18 soft-reconfiguration inbound
exit-address-family

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Secondary Router

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Define VRF

ip vrf 10
rd 65022:10

Define Private ER Interface

interface TenGigabitEthernet0/0/0.100
description Customer 10 Private Peering to Azure
encapsulation dot1Q 21 second-dot1q 100
ip vrf forwarding 10
ip address 192.168.10.21 255.255.255.252
no shutdown

Define Interface to Switch

interface TenGigabitEthernet1/1/1.10
description Customer 10 to Switch
encapsulation dot1Q 10
ip vrf forwarding 10
ip address 10.9.10.2 255.255.255.0
no shutdown

Define BGP Address Family

router bgp 65022
address-family ipv4 vrf 14
neighbor 192.168.14.22 remote-as 12076
neighbor 192.168.14.22 activate
neighbor 192.168.14.22 next-hop-self
neighbor 192.168.14.22 soft-reconfiguration inbound
exit-address-family


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Well, the mikrotik CRS can do all of those features, but please note that the CRS line is more a switch than a router, when configured for routing a large performance drop will be taken. I would recommend looking at the manual though and if you need the performance (10GE and beyond) look at the CCR platforms for routing.

The RouterOS Manual is here: https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:TOC