Reference Guide
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.
neighbor soft-reconfiguration inbound
Enable soft-reconfiguration for BGP.
S4820T
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} soft-reconfiguration 
inbound
To disable, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} soft-
reconfiguration inbound 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 Disabled
Command 
Modes
ROUTER BGP
Command 
History
This guide is platform-specific. 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 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Border Gateway Protocol
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