CLI Guide
Dell(conf-router_bgp)#
Related Commands show ip protocols — views information on all routing protocols enabled and active.
bgp router-id
Assign a user-given ID to a BGP router.
Syntax
bgp router-id ip-address
To delete a user-assigned IP address, use the no bgp router-id command.
Parameters
ip-address Enter an IP address in dotted decimal format to reset only that BGP neighbor.
Defaults The router ID is the highest IP address of the Loopback interface or, if no Loopback interfaces are congured, the
highest IP address of a physical interface on the router.
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
Peering sessions are reset when you change the router ID of a BGP router.
bgp soft-recong-backup
To avoid the peer from resending messages, use this command only when route-refresh is not negotiated.
Syntax
bgp soft-reconfig-backup
To return to the default setting, use the no bgp soft-reconfig-backup command.
Defaults O
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
When you enable soft-reconguration for a neighbor and you execute the clear ip bgp soft in command,
the update database stored in the router is replayed and updates are re-evaluated. With this command, the replay
and update process is triggered only if route-refresh request is not negotiated with the peer. If the request is
300 Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)