# Class CIM_Confederation
extends CIM_SystemComponent

The BGP speakers in an AS are required to be fully meshed. This can lead to a huge number of TCP connections per router. One way to reduce the peering requirements is to use a confederation. A confederation effectively partitions one AS into a group of 'sub-ASs'. This enables all of the benefits of IBGP to be applied inside the confederation, while enabling EBGP to be run between each confederation. It also enables certain BGP attribute values to be preserved between confederations. However, to the outside world, the AS with its confederations appear to be a single AS.

### Table of Contents
Hierarchy
Direct Known Subclasses
Class Qualifiers
Class Properties
Class Methods

## Class Hierarchy

CIM_AbstractComponent
|
+--CIM_Component
|
+--CIM_SystemComponent
|
+--CIM_Confederation

## Direct Known Subclasses

## Class Qualifiers

Name | Data Type | Value
--- | --- | ---
Aggregation | boolean | true
Association | boolean | true
Composition | boolean | true
Description | string | The BGP speakers in an AS are required to be fully meshed. This can lead to a huge number of TCP connections per router. One way to reduce the peering requirements is to use a confederation. A confederation effectively partitions one AS into a group of 'sub-ASs'. This enables all of the benefits of IBGP to be applied inside the confederation, while enabling EBGP to be run between each confederation. It also enables certain BGP attribute values to be preserved between confederations. However, to the outside world, the AS with its confederations appear to be a single AS.
UMLPackagePath | string | CIM::Network::BGP
Version | string | 2.7.0

## Class Properties

### Local Class Properties

Name | Data Type | Default Value | Qualifiers
--- | --- | --- | ---
Name | Data Type | Value
ChildASNumber | uint32 |
Description | string | A unique identifier of the Confederation within the AutonomousSystem.
ParentASNumber | uint32 |
Description | string | A unique identifier of the AutonomousSystem that contains the confederations.

### Association References

Name | Class Origin | Reference Class
--- | --- | ---
GroupComponent | CIM_Confederation | CIM_AutonomousSystem
PartComponent | CIM_Confederation | CIM_AutonomousSystem

## Class Methods