The RFC states:
The BGP Identifier is a 4-octet, unsigned, non-zero integer that
should be unique within an AS. The value of the BGP Identifier
for a BGP speaker is determined on startup and is the same for
every local interface and every BGP peer.
We were going slightly beyond this and ensuring that the address
was a specific range of addresses which is no longer relevant.
Signed-off-by: Donald Sharp <sharpd@cumulusnetworks.com>