Deployment Guide

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to which the neighbor belongs or you enter the neighbor shutdown and neighbor no shutdown
commands.
Related
Commands
show ip bgp summary display the current BGP configuration.
neighbor next-hop-self
Allows you to configure the router as the next hop for a BGP neighbor.
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} next-hop-self [all]
To return to the default setting, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name}
next-hop-self [all] command.
Parameters
ip-address
Enter the IP address of the neighbor in dotted decimal format.
peer-group-name
Enter the name of the peer group.
all Specifies that the route reflector is the next hop for both iBGP and eBGP-learned
routes.
Defaults Disabled.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command
History
Version Description
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S3148.
9.10(0.0) Introduced the all keyword on the S4810, S4820, S4048ON, S3048ON, S3100
series, S6010ON, S4040T-ON, S5000, S6000, S6000ON, S6100ON, Z9100
ON, and Z9500.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
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
If you configure the set next-hop command in ROUTE-MAP mode, the configuration takes
precedence over the neighbor next-hop-self command.
If you do not use the all keyword, the next hop of only eBGP-learned routes is updated by the route
reflector. If you use the all keyword, the next hop of both eBGP- and iBGP-learned routes are updated
by the route reflector.
neighbor password
Enable message digest 5 (MD5) authentication on the TCP connection between two neighbors.
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} password [encryption-type] password
To delete a password, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} password
command.
Parameters
ip-address
Enter the IP address of the router to be included in the peer group.
peer-group-name
Enter the name of a configured peer group.
encryption-type
(OPTIONAL) Enter 7 as the encryption type for the password entered. 7 means
that the password is encrypted and hidden.
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