Users Guide

Defaults threshold = 75
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
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Usage Information If you congure the neighbor maximum-prefix command and the neighbor receives more prexes
than the neighbor maximum-prefix command conguration allows, the neighbor goes down and the
show ip bgp summary command displays (prfxd) in the State/PfxRcd column for that neighbor. The
neighbor remains down until you enter the clear ip bgp command for the neighbor or the peer group to
which the neighbor belongs or you enter the neighbor shutdown and neighbor no shutdown
commands.
Related Commands show ip bgp summary — displays the current BGP conguration.
neighbor password
Enable message digest 5 (MD5) authentication on the TCP connection between two neighbors.
S4820T
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} password [encryption-type] password
To delete a password, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} password
command.
Parameters
ip-address Enter the IP address of the router to be included in the peer group.
peer-group-name Enter the name of a congured peer group.
encryption-type (OPTIONAL) Enter 7 as the encryption type for the password entered. 7 means
that the password is encrypted and hidden.
password
Enter a text string up to 80 characters long. The rst character of the password
must be a letter.
You cannot use spaces in the password.
Defaults Not congured.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
384
Border Gateway Protocol