Specifications

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bgp set peer-group

Purpose

Set parameters for the specified BGP Peer Group.

Format

bgp set peer-group <number-or-string> [med|reflector-client|no-client-reflect|

[metric-out <num>]|[set-pref <num>][local-as <num>]|ignore-first-as-hop|

[generate-default enabled|disabled]|[gateway <ipaddr>]|next-hop-self|

[preference <num>][preference2 <num>][local-address <ipaddr>]|

show-warnings|no-aggregator-id|keep-alives-always|v3-asloop-okay|

no-v4-asloop|[as-count <num>]|log-up-down|[ttl <num>]|

[optional-attributes-list <number-or-string>]]

Mode

Configure

Description

The bgp set peer-group command sets parameters for the specified BGP group.

Parameters

group <number-or-string>

Specifies the group.

med

Forces med to be used for route selection process. By default, any metric

(Multi_Exit_Disc, or MED) received on a BGP connection is ignored. If it is desired to

use MEDs in route selections, the med option must be specified in this (create peer-

group) command. By default, MEDs are not sent on external connections. To send

MEDs, use the metric option of the create bgp-export-destination statement or the

metric-out option of the set peer-group or set peer-host commands.

reflector-client

The reflector-client option specifies that GateD will act as a route reflector for this

group. All routes received from any group member will be sent to all other internal