Users Guide

Usage Information
Peering sessions are reset when you change the router ID of a BGP router.
This command automatically restarts the BGP instance for the configuration to take
effect.
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.
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