Deployment Guide

The neighbor shutdown command terminates all BGP sessions on the BGP neighbor or BGP peer group. Use
this command with caution as it terminates the specied BGP sessions. When a neighbor or peer group is shut
down, use the show ip bgp summary command to conrm its status.
Related Commands
show ip bgp summary — displays the current BGP conguration.
show ip bgp neighbors — displays the current BGP neighbors.
neighbor soft-reconguration inbound
Enable soft-reconguration for BGP.
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} soft-reconfiguration inbound
To disable, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} soft-reconfiguration
inbound command.
Parameters
ip-address Enter the IP address of the neighbor in dotted decimal format.
peer-group-name Enter the name of the peer group to disable or enable all routers within the peer group.
Defaults Disabled
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage Information
This command enables soft-reconguration for the BGP neighbor specied. BGP stores all the updates the
neighbor receives but does not reset the peer-session.
CAUTION: Inbound update storage is a memory-intensive operation. The entire BGP update database
from the neighbor is stored in memory regardless of the inbound policy results applied on the neighbor.
NOTE: This command is supported in BGP Router Conguration mode for IPv4 Unicast address
only.
Related Commands show ip bgp neighbors — displays routes received by a neighbor.
neighbor timers
Set keepalive and hold time timers for a BGP neighbor or a peer group.
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} timers keepalive holdtime
To return to the default values, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} timers
command.
326 Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)