Command Line Reference Guide

Usage
Information
When you create a peer group, it is disabled (Shut mode).
Related
Commands
neighbor peer-group (assigning peers) – assigns routers to a peer group.
neighbor remote-as – assigns a indirectly connected AS to a neighbor or peer group.
neighbor shutdown – disables a peer or peer group.
neighbor peer-group passive
Enable passive peering on a BGP peer group, that is, the peer group does not send an OPEN message, but will respond
to one.
S5000
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 Enter the keyword limit to constrain the numbers of sessions for
this peer-group. The range is 2 to 256. The default is
256.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Usage
Information
After you configure a peer group as passive, you must 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– assigns a subnet to a dynamically-configured BGP
neighbor.
neighbor remote-as – assigns an indirectly connected AS to a neighbor or peer group.
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