Users Guide

neighbor peer-group passive
Enable passive peering on a BGP peer group, that is, the peer group does not send an OPEN message, but responds to one.
Syntax
neighbor peer-group-name peer-group passive [limit sessions]
To delete a passive peer-group, use the no neighbor peer-group-name peer-group passive
command.
Parameters
peer-group-name Enter a text string up to 16 characters long as the name of the peer group.
limit (Optional) Enter the keyword limit to constrain the numbers of sessions for this peer-
group. The range is from 2 to 256. The default is 256.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.8(2.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.8.0 Introduced the limit keyword on the S4810.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Usage Information
After you configure a peer group as passive, assign it a subnet using the neighbor soft-reconfiguration
inbound command.
For passive eBGP limits, the Remote AS must be different from the AS for this neighbor.
Related
Commands
• neighbor soft-reconfiguration inbound — assign a subnet to a dynamically configured BGP neighbor.
• neighbor remote-as — assign an indirectly connected AS to a neighbor or peer group.
neighbor remote-as
Create and specify the remote peer to the BGP neighbor.
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} remote-as number
To delete a remote AS entry, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} remote-as
number command.
Parameters
ip-address Enter the IP address of the neighbor to enter the remote AS in its routing table.
peer-group-name Enter the name of the peer group to enter the remote AS into routing tables of all routers
within the peer group.
354 Border Gateway Protocol