Users 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.
S4820T
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 congured.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. 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 Description
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.8.0 Introduced the limit keyword on the S4810.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Usage Information
After you congure 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 dierent from the AS for this neighbor.
Related Commands
neighbor soft-reconguration inbound — assigns a subnet to a dynamically congured BGP neighbor.
neighbor remote-as — assigns an indirectly connected AS to a neighbor or peer group.
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