CLI Guide

The higher the administrative distance assigned to a route means that your
confidence in that route is low. Routes assigned an administrative distance of 255
are not installed in the routing table.
Routes from confederations are treated as internal BGP routes.
neighbor activate
Allows you to enable a specified neighbor/peer group for the current address and subsequent address
family identifier (AFI/SAFI).
Syntax
neighbor [ipv6-address | peer-group-name] activate
To disable, use the no neighbor [ipv6-address | peer-group-name]
activate command.
Parameters
ipv6-address Enter the IPv6 address in the x:x:x:x::x format.
NOTE: The :: notation specifies successive hexadecimal
fields of zeros.
peer-group-name Identify a peer group by name.
activate Enter the keyword activate to enable the identified
neighbor or peer group in the new AFI/SAFI.
Defaults Disabled.
Command Modes ROUTER BGPV6-ADDRESS FAMILY
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 By default, when a neighbor/peer group configuration is created in the Router BGP
context, it is enabled for the IPv6/Unicast AFI/SAFI. By using activate in the new
context, the neighbor/peer group is enabled for AFI/SAFI.
Related Command address family — changes the context to SAFI.
neighbor advertisement-interval
Set the advertisement interval between BGP neighbors or within a BGP peer group.
Syntax
neighbor {ipv6-address | peer-group-name} advertisement-
interval seconds
To return to the default value, use the no neighbor {ipv6-address | peer-
group-name} advertisement-interval command.
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IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP)