Command Line Reference Guide

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
Version 9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
When you create a peer group, it is disabled (Shut mode).
Related
Commands
neighbor peer-group (assigning peers) — assigns routers to a peer group.
neighbor remote-as — assigns a indirectly connected AS to a neighbor or peer
group.
neighbor shutdown — disables a peer or peer group.
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.
Syntax
neighbor peer-group-name peer-group passive [limit 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.
limit (Optional) Enter the keyword limit to constrain the
numbers of sessions for this peer-group. The range is from 2
to 256. The default is 256.
Defaults Not configured.
Command
Modes
ROUTER BGP
Command
History
Version 9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
After you configure a peer group as passive, assign it a subnet using the neighbor
soft-reconfiguration inbound
command.
Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)
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