Users Guide
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series TeraScale.
Usage Information When a peer group is created, it is disabled (shut mode).
Related Commands
neighbor peer-group (assigning peers) – assigns routers to a peer group.
neighbor remote-as – assigns a indirectly connected AS to a neighbor or peer group.
neighbor shutdown – disables a peer or peer group.
neighbor peer-group passive
Enable passive peering on a BGP peer group; that is, the peer group does not send an OPEN message, but does respond to one.
Syntax
neighbor peer-group-name peer-group passive
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.
Defaults Not congured.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.4.2.1 Introduced on the C-Series and S4810.
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series TeraScale.
Usage Information After you congure a peer group as passive, you must assign it a subnet using the neighbor subnet
command.
Related Commands neighbor subnet – assigns a subnet to a dynamically congured BGP neighbor.
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IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP)