Dell PowerConnect B-RX BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide v02.7.03 - Page 836

26 Configuring BGP4 neighbors NOTE If you want the software to assume that the value you enter is the clear-text form, and to encrypt display of that form, do not enter 0 or 1. Instead, omit the encryption option and allow the software to use the default behavior. If you specify encryption option 1, the software assumes that you are entering the encrypted form of the password or authentication string. In this case, the software decrypts the password or string you enter before using the value for authentication. If you accidentally enter option 1 followed by the clear-text version of the password or string, authentication will fail because the value used by the software will not match the value you intended to use. prefix-list in | out specifies an IP prefix list. You can use IP prefix lists to control routes to and from the neighbor. IP prefix lists are an alternative method to AS-path filters. The in | out keyword specifies whether the list is applied on updates received from the neighbor or sent to the neighbor. The filters can use the same prefix list or different prefix lists. To configure an IP prefix list, refer to "Defining and applying IP prefix lists" on page 789. remote-as specifies the AS the remote neighbor is in. The can be a number from 1 - 65535. There is no default. remove-private-as configures the router to remove private AS numbers from UPDATE messages the router sends to this neighbor. The router will remove AS numbers 64512 - 65535 (the well-known BGP4 private AS numbers) from the AS-path attribute in UPDATE messages the device sends to the neighbor. This option is disabled by default. route-map in | out specifies a route map the device will apply to updates sent to or received from the specified neighbor. The in | out keyword specifies whether the list is applied on updates received from the neighbor or sent to the neighbor. NOTE The route map must already be configured. Refer to ""Defining route maps" on page 791. route-reflector-client specifies that this neighbor is a route-reflector client of the router. Use the parameter only if this router is going to be a route reflector. For information, refer to "Configuring a route reflector" on page 751. This option is disabled by default. send-community enables sending the community attribute in updates to the specified neighbor. By default, the router does not send the community attribute. shutdown administratively shuts down the session with this neighbor. Shutting down the session allows you to completely configure the neighbor and save the configuration without actually establishing a session with the neighbor. This option is disabled by default. soft-reconfiguration inbound enables the soft reconfiguration feature, which stores all the route updates received from the neighbor. If you request a soft reset of inbound routes, the software performs the reset by comparing the policies against the stored route updates, instead of requesting the neighbor's BGP4 route table or resetting the session with the neighbor. Refer to "Using soft reconfiguration" on page 807. timers keep-alive hold-time overrides the global settings for the Keep Alive Time and Hold Time. For the Keep Alive Time, you can specify from 0 - 65535 seconds. For the Hold Time, you can specify 0 or 3 - 65535 (1 and 2 are not allowed). If you set the Hold Time to 0, the router waits indefinitely for messages from a neighbor without concluding that the neighbor is dead. The defaults for these parameters are the currently configured global Keep Alive Time and Hold Time. For more information about these parameters, refer to "Changing the keep alive time and hold time" on page 779. 764 BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide 53-1001986-01