Users Guide

clear ip bgp
Reset BGP sessions. The soft parameter (BGP Soft Reconfiguration) clears the policies without resetting the TCP connection.
Syntax
clear ip bgp [vrf vrf-name] [* | <1–4294967295> | <0.1–65535.65535> | A.B.C.D
{soft {in | out}} | X:X:X:X::X {soft {in | out}} | dampening | flap-statistics
| ipv4 | ipv6 | peer-group]
Parameters
vrf vrf-name Enter the keyword vrf and then the name of the VRF to clear all BGP sessions
corresponding to that VRF.
NOTE: Use this attribute to clear a BGP instance corresponding to either a
specific address family in a default VRF or an IPv4 address family in a a non-
default VRF.
* Enter an asterisk ( * ) to reset all BGP sessions.
<1-4294967295> Enter <1-4294967295> to clear peers with the AS number.
<0.1-65535.65535> Enter <0.1-65535.65535> to clear peers with the AS number in dot format.
A.B.C.D Enter the BGP neighbor address in the A.B.C.D format to clear.
X:X:X:X::X Enter the BGP neighbor address in the X:X:X:X::X format to clear.
soft (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword soft to configure and activate policies without
resetting the BGP TCP session, that is, BGP Soft Reconfiguration.
NOTE: If you enter the clear ip bgp ip-address soft command,
both inbound and outbound policies are reset.
in (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword in to activate only inbound policies.
out (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword out to activate only outbound policies.
NOTE: You must execute the clear ip bgp soft out command when
ever there is a change in the local policy. If you do not run this command after
a local policy change, then these policy changes are not reflected in the
responses to the peer’s route refresh messages.
dampening Enter the keyword dampening to clear the flap dampening information.
flap-statistics Enter the keywords flap-statistics to clear the flap statistics information.
ipv4 Enter the ipv4 address family to clear.
ipv6 Enter the ipv6 address family to clear.
peer-group Enter the peer-group to clear all members of the peer-group.
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
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