Administrator Guide

Parameters
ipv6-address Enter the IP address of the neighbor in dotted decimal
format.
peer-group-
name
(OPTIONAL) Enter the name of the peer group.
Defaults Disabled.
Command
Modes
ROUTER BGP
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant FTOS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the FTOS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Usage
Information
If you configure the set next-hop command in ROUTE-MAP mode, its
configuration takes precedence over the neighbor next-hop-self (C-, E-,
and S-Series)
command.
neighbor password
Enable message digest 5 (MD5) authentication on the TCP connection between two neighbors.
Z-Series
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} password [encryption-
type] password
To delete a password, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-
name} password command.
Parameters
ip-address Enter the IP address of the router to be included in the peer
group.
peer-group-
name
Enter the name of a configured peer group.
encryption-
type
(OPTIONAL) Enter 7 as the encryption type for the password
entered.
7 means that the password is encrypted and hidden.
password
Enter a text string up to 80 characters long. The first
character of the password must be a letter.
You cannot use spaces in the password.
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