User guide

Configuring BGP Configuring a BGP Peer
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Advanced Routing Configuration Guide March 2015 page 4-27
Note. BGP peers are not dynamically learned. BGP peers must be explicitly configured on the router using
the ip bgp neighbor command.
Enable or disables maximum
prefix warning for a peer.
ip bgp neighbor maximum-prefix
warning-only
80 percent
Allows external peers to
communicate with each other
even when they are not directly
connected.
ip bgp neighbor ebgp-multihop disabled
Configures the BGP peer name. ip bgp neighbor description peer IP address
Sets the BGP peer to use its own
peering address as the next hop in
UPDATE messages.
ip bgp neighbor next-hop-self disabled
Configures the local BGP
speaker to wait for this peer to
establish a connection.
ip bgp neighbor passive disabled
Enables or disables the stripping
of private autonomous system
numbers from the AS path of
routes destined to this peer.
ip bgp neighbor remove-private-as disabled
Enables or disables BGP peer
soft reconfiguration.
ip bgp neighbor soft-reconfiguration enabled
Configures this peer as a member
of the same confederation as the
local BGP speaker.
ip bgp confederation neighbor disabled
Configures the local transport
endpoint address for this
neighbor's peering session.
ip bgp neighbor update-source Not set until configured
Parameter Description Command
Default Value/
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