BGP Session Request Checklist

Include the following when you open a ticket to establish a BGP session with RackGenius (AS32002). Both IPv4 and IPv6 sessions are built by default. A complete submission gets both up on the first pass.

Before you submit, confirm you have

• Your own ASN, registered to you at an RIR.
• IP space you are authorized to announce (or an LOA for it).
• An active service to carry the session (transit port, cross-connect, VLAN, or colo).
• Published route/route6 IRR objects with the correct origin ASN.
• RPKI ROAs for each prefix at the correct max length. Invalids are rejected.

Include these in your ticket

1. Your ASN.
2. IPv4 prefixes to announce: each with its length.
3. IPv6 prefixes to announce: each with its length.
4. IRR database: where your route/route6 objects live (RADB, ARIN, RIPE, ALTDB, etc.), and your as-set name if you have one.
5. RPKI ROAs: confirm they exist for each prefix at the correct max length.
6. Max-prefix expected: per family (IPv4 and IPv6), so we set caps with headroom.
7. Routes you want from us: full table, default only, or both.
8. LOA: attached, if you are announcing space not obviously registered to your ASN.
9. Session options: MD5 (supply a secret or ask us to set one), BFD, or multihop, only if you need them.
10. Service carrying the session: transit port, cross-connect ID, VLAN, or colo service, and the site (Grand Rapids DC4 or Detroit DC1).
11. NOC and abuse contacts: plus your PeeringDB record if you have one.
12. Your router platform: vendor and OS, for our reference.

What we handle

If you have no IP space with us, we assign the point-to-point link addressing (IPv4 /31 and IPv6 /127); if you already hold an assignment with us, we use addressing from that. We build both sessions against your IRR-derived filters with RPKI validation, apply your max-prefix caps, and send you our AS32002 peer IPs. You configure your end to match.

Full background on session defaults, filtering, communities, and LOAs is in Establishing a BGP Session with RackGenius (AS32002). Questions before submitting? Contact our peering desk at [email protected].