Reference v4.1.0 Instruction Manual

Network OS Command Reference 501

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neighbor maxas-limit in (BGP)

Causes the device to discard routes received in UPDATE messages if those routes exceed a

maximum AS path length.

Synopsis neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} maxas-limit in {num | disable}

no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} maxas-limit in {num | disable}

Operands ip-address IPv4 address of the neighbor

peer-group-name Peer group name configured by the neighbor peer-group-name command.

num Maximum length of the AS path. Range is from 0 through 300.

disable Prevents a neighbor from inheriting the configuration from the peer group

or global configuration and instead uses the default system value.

Defaults The default for num is 300.

Command Modes BGP configuration mode

Description Use this command to cause the device to discard routes received in UPDATE messages if those

routes exceed a maximum AS path length.

Usage Guidelines Use the no form of this command to remove this configuration at the global level.

Examples To change the length of the maximum allowed AS path length from the default:

switch(config)# rbridge-id 10

switch(config-rbridge-id-10)# router bgp

switch(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 maxas-limit in 200

To prevent a neighbor from inheriting the configuration from the peer group or global configuration

and instead use the default system value:

switch(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 maxas-limit in disable