Reference v4.1.0 Instruction Manual

512 Network OS Command Reference

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neighbor shutdown (BGP)

Causes a device to shut down the session administratively with its neighbor.

Synopsis neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} shutdown {generate-rib-out}

no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} shutdown {generate-rib-out}

Operands ip-address IPv4 address of the neighbor

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

generate-rib-out When a peer is put into shutdown state, Routing Information Base (RIB)

outbound routes are not produced for that peer. Use this option to produce

those routes.

Defaults None

Command Modes BGP configuration mode

Description Shutting down a session lets you configure the neighbor and save the configuration without the

need to establish a session with that neighbor.

Usage Guidelines Use the no form of this command to restore the defaults.

Examples To cause a device to shut down the session administratively with its neighbor:

switch(config)# rbridge-id 10

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

switch(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 shutdown

To do the above and generate RIB outbound routes:

switch(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 shutdown generate-rib-out