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Parameters
peer-group-name Enter a text string up to 16 characters long as the name of the peer group.
Defaults Not configured.
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 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 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
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
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 — assigns a subnet to a dynamically configured BGP neighbor.
neighbor remote-as — assigns 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
292 Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)