Administrator Guide

neighbor peer-group passive
Enable passive peering on a BGP peer group, that is, the peer group does not send an OPEN message,
but responds to one.
Z-Series
Syntax
neighbor peer-group-name peer-group passive [sessions]
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 configured.
Command
Modes
ROUTER BGP
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. 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 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Version
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.8.0 Introduced the limit keyword on the S4810.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Usage
Information
After you configure a peer group as passive, assign it a subnet using the neighbor
soft-reconfiguration inbound command.
For passive eBGP limits, the Remote AS must be different from the AS for this
neighbor.
Related
Commands
neighbor soft-reconfiguration inbound — assigns a subnet to a dynamically
configured BGP neighbor.
neighbor remote-as — assigns an indirectly connected AS to a neighbor or peer
group.
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