Reference Guide

neighbor peer-group passive
Enable passive peering on a BGP peer group, that is, the peer group does not send an OPEN message,
but will respond to one.
S5000
Syntax
neighbor peer-group-name peer-group passive [limit sessions]
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.
limit Enter the keyword limit to constrain the numbers of
sessions for this peer-group. The range is 2 to 256. The
default is
256.
Defaults Not configured.
Command
Modes
ROUTER BGP
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Usage
Information
After you configure a peer group as passive, you must assign it a subnet using the
neighbor soft-reconfiguration inbound command.
For passive eBGP limits, the Remote AS must be different from the AS for this
neighbor.
Related
Commands
neighbor soft-reconfiguration inbound– assigns a subnet to a dynamically-
configured BGP neighbor.
neighbor remote-as – assigns an indirectly connected AS to a neighbor or peer
group.
neighbor remote-as
Create and specify the remote peer to the BGP neighbor.
S5000
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} remote-as number
To delete a remote AS entry, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-
group-name
} remote-as number command.
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