Reference Guide

neighbor 40.1.1.2
inherit template bgppg
no shutdown
!
neighbor 60.1.1.2
inherit template bgppg
no shutdown
!
neighbor 32.1.1.2
remote-as 100
no shutdown
!
template bgppg
fall-over
remote-as 102
!
Configure password
You can enable message digest 5 (MD5) authentication with a password on the TCP connection between two BGP neighbors.
Configure the same password on both BGP peers. When you configure MD5 authentication between two BGP peers, each
segment of the TCP connection between them is verified and the MD5 digest is checked on every segment sent on the TCP
connection. Configuring a password for a neighbor establishes a new connection.
Configure password
● Configure the password in both the BGP peers using the password {9 encrypted password–string|password-
string} in ROUTER-NEIGHBOR CONFIGURATION or ROUTER-TEMPLATE CONFIGURATION mode. . The password
provided in ROUTER-NEIGHBOR mode gets more preference than the password in ROUTER-TEMPLATE mode. You can
enter the password either as plain text or in encrypted format.
● View the password configuration using the show configuration command.
Example configuration in Peer 1
ROUTER-NEIGHBOR mode
OS10# configure terminal
OS10(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/5
OS10(conf-if-eth1/1/5)# no switchport
OS10(conf-if-eth1/1/5)# ip address 11.1.1.1/24
OS10(conf-if-eth1/1/5)# router bgp 10
OS10(config-router-bgp-10)# neighbor 11.1.1.2
OS10(config-router-neighbor)# no shutdown
OS10(config-router-neighbor)# remote-as 10
OS10(config-router-neighbor)# password abcdell
ROUTER-TEMPLATE mode
OS10# configure terminal
OS10(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/5
OS10(conf-if-eth1/1/5)# no switchport
OS10(conf-if-eth1/1/5)# ip address 11.1.1.1/24
OS10(conf-if-eth1/1/5)# router bgp 10
OS10(config-router-bgp-10)# template pass
OS10(config-router-template)# password 9
f785498c228f365898c0efdc2f476b4b27c47d972c3cd8cd9b91f518c14ee42d
OS10(config-router-template)# exit
OS10(config-router-bgp-10)# neighbor 11.1.1.2
OS10(config-router-neighbor)# inherit template pass
View password configuration in peer 1
OS10(config-router-neighbor)# show configuration
!
neighbor 11.1.1.2
password 9 0fbe1ad397712f74f4df903b4ff4b7b6e22cc377180432d7523a70d403d41565
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