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Usage
Information
When a peer group is created, 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 does respond to one.
Syntax
neighbor peer-group-name peer-group passive
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.
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, you must assign it a subnet using the neighbor subnet
command.
Related
Commands
neighbor subnet — assigns a subnet to a dynamically configured BGP neighbor.
neighbor remote-as
Create and specify the remote peer to the BGP neighbor.
Syntax
neighbor {ipv6-address | peer-group-name} remote-as number
To delete a remote AS entry, use the no neighbor {ipv6-address | peer-group-name}
remote-as number 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 Enter a text string up to 16 characters long as the name of the peer group.
number Enter a number of the AS. The range is from 1 to 65535.
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.
632 IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP)