Users Guide

Version Description
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
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 congure the neighbor maximum-prefix command and the neighbor receives more prexes than the
neighbor maximum-prefix command conguration allows, the neighbor goes down and the show ip bgp
summary
command displays (prfxd) in the State/PfxRcd column for that neighbor. The neighbor remains down
until you enter the clear ip bgp command for the neighbor or the peer group 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 conguration.
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 congured peer group.
encryption-type (OPTIONAL) Enter 7 as the encryption type for the password entered. 7 means that the
password is encrypted and hidden.
password
Enter a text string up to 80 characters long. The rst character of the password must be
a letter.
You cannot use spaces in the password.
Defaults Not congured.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
Border Gateway Protocol 389