Reference Guide

If the clients of a route reflector are fully meshed, you can configure the route reflector to not
reflect routes to specified clients by using the no bgp client-to-client
reflection command.
Related
Commands
bgp client-to-client reflection — enables route reflection between the route reflector and the
clients.
neighbor shutdown
Disable a BGP neighbor or peer group.
S4820T
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} shutdown
To enable a disabled neighbor or peer group, use the neighbor {ip-address |
peer-group-name} no shutdown command.
Parameters
ip-address Enter the IP address of the neighbor in dotted decimal format.
peer-group-name Enter the name of the peer group to disable or enable all routers
within the peer group.
Defaults Enabled (that is, BGP neighbors and peer groups are 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 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
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
Peers that are enabled within a peer group are disabled when their peer group is disabled.
The neighbor shutdown command terminates all BGP sessions on the BGP neighbor or
BGP peer group. Use this command with caution as it terminates the specified BGP sessions.
When a neighbor or peer group is shut down, use the show ip bgp summary command to
confirm its status.
Related
Commands
show ip bgp summary — displays the current BGP configuration.
show ip bgp neighbors — displays the current BGP neighbors.
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