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by kijiki 3628 days ago
One reason you sometimes "need" BGP for this is because the networking team is highly skeptical about their ToR switches accepting routes from the server team's hypervisors/containervisors. BGP route filtering on the ToRs makes them feel more secure and happy.

Opinions vary whether this is a real concern, or just a way for the networking team to maintain their relevance.