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To delete a remote AS entry, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name}
remote-as number command.
Parameters
ip-address
Enter the IP address of the neighbor to enter the remote AS in its routing table.
peer-group-name
Enter the name of the peer group to enter the remote AS into routing tables of all
routers within the peer group.
number
Enter a number of the AS. The range is from 0 to 65535 (2 byte) or from 1 to
4294967295 (4 byte).
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Supported Modes FullSwitch
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
To accept 4-byte formats before entering a 4 byte AS Number, configure your system. If the number
parameter is the same as the AS number used in the router bgp command, the remote AS entry in the
neighbor is considered an internal BGP peer entry.
This command creates a peer and the newly created peer is disabled (Shutdown).
Related
Commands
router bgp enters ROUTER BGP mode and configures routes in an AS.
bgp four-octet-as-support enables 4-byte support for the BGP process.
neighbor remove-private-as
Remove private AS numbers from the AS-PATH of outgoing updates.
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} remove-private-as
To return to the default, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} remove-
private-as command.
Parameters
ip-address
Enter the IP address of the neighbor to remove the private AS numbers.
peer-group-name
Enter the name of the peer group to remove the private AS numbers.
Defaults Disabled (that is, private AS number are not removed).
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Supported Modes FullSwitch
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
Applies to EBGP neighbors only.
Configure your system to accept 4-byte formats before entering a 4 byte AS Number.
If the AS-PATH contains both public and private AS number or contains AS numbers of an EBGP
neighbor, the private AS numbers are not removed.
If a confederation contains private AS numbers in its AS-PATH, the software removes the private AS
numbers only if they follow the confederation numbers in the AS path.
286 Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)