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Configuring BGP Configuring BGP for IPv6
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Advanced Routing Configuration Guide March 2015 page 4-67
Optional IPv6 BGP Peer Parameters
Peer Parameter Command
Enables or disables BGP peer. ipv6 bgp neighbor admin-state
Assigns an AS number to the BGP
peer.
ipv6 bgp neighbor remote-as
Configures the time interval for
updates between external BGP peers.
ipv6 bgp neighbor advertisement-interval
Enables or disables BGP peer
automatic restart.
ipv6 bgp neighbor auto-restart
The interval, in seconds, between
BGP retries to set up a connection via
the transport protocol with another
peer.
ipv6 bgp neighbor conn-retry-interval
Enables or disables BGP peer default
origination.
ipv6 bgp neighbor default-originate
Configures the tolerated hold time
interval, in seconds, for this peer’s
session, and timer interval between
KEEPALIVE messages sent to this
peer.
ipv6 bgp neighbor timers
Configures the maximum number of
prefixes, or paths, the local router can
receive from this peer in UPDATE
messages.
ipv6 bgp neighbor maximum-prefix
Enable or disables maximum prefix
warning for a peer.
ipv6 bgp neighbor maximum-prefix
warning-only
Allows external peers to communicate
with each other even when they are not
directly connected.
ipv6 bgp neighbor ebgp-multihop
Sets the BGP peer to use its own
peering address as the next hop in
UPDATE messages.
ipv6 bgp neighbor next-hop-self
Configures the local BGP speaker to
wait for this peer to establish a
connection.
ipv6 bgp neighbor passive
Enables or disables the stripping of
private autonomous system numbers
from the AS path of routes destined to
this peer.
ipv6 bgp neighbor remove-private-as
Enables or disables BGP peer soft
reconfiguration.
ipv6 bgp neighbor soft-reconfiguration
Configures this peer as a member of
the same confederation as the local
BGP speaker.
ip bgp confederation neighbor