Specifications

neighbor activate
MP-362
Cisco IOS Multiprotocol Label Switching Command Reference
January 2010
neighbor activate
To enable the exchange of information with a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) neighbor, use the
neighbor activate command in address family configuration mode or router configuration mode. To
disable the exchange of an address with a BGP neighbor, use the no form of this command.
neighbor {i
p-address | peer-group-name | ipv6-address} activate
no neighbor {ip-
address | peer-group-name | ipv6-address} activate
Syntax Description
Command Default The exchange of addresses with BGP neighbors is enabled for the IPv4 address family. Enabling address
e
xchange for all other address families is disabled.
Note Address exchange for address family IPv4 is enabled by default for each BGP routing session configured
with the neighbor remote-as command unless you configure the no bgp default ipv4-activate
command before configuring the neighbor remote-as command, or you disable address exchange for
address family IPv4 with a specific neighbor by using the no form of the neighbor activate command.
Command Modes Address family configuration
Router configuration
Command History
ip-address IP address of the neighboring router.
peer-group-name Name of the BGP peer group.
ipv6-address IPv6 address of the BGP neighbor.
This argument must be in the form documented in RFC 2373 where
t
he address is specified in hexadecimal using 16-bit values between
colons.
Release Modification
11.0 This command was introduced.
12.0(5)T Support for address family configuration mode and the IPv4 address family
w
as added.
12.2(2)T The ip
v6-address argument and support for the IPv6 address family were
added.
12.0(21)ST This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.0(21)ST.
12.0(22)S This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.0(22)S.
12.2(14)S This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(14)S.
12.2(28)SB This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(28)SB.
12.2(25)SG This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)SG.
12.2(33)SRA This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRA.
12.2(33)SXH This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SXH.