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Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, NX-OS Release5.0(3)U1(1)
Chapter 6 Configuring Advanced BGP
Configuring Advanced BGP
Use the show bgp neighbor command to see the template applied. See the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series
Command Reference,, for details on all commands available in the template.
This example shows how to configure a BGP peer-session template and apply it to a BGP peer:
Step 3
template peer-policy template-name
Example:
switch(config-router)# template
peer-policy BasePolicy
switch(config-router-ptmp)#
Creates a peer-policy template.
Step 4
advertise-active-only
Example:
switch(config-router-ptmp)#
advertise-active-only
(Optional) Advertises only active routes to the peer.
Step 5
maximum-prefix number
Example:
switch(config-router-ptmp)#
maximum-prefix 20
(Optional) Sets the maximum number of prefixes
allowed from this peer.
Step 6
exit
Example:
switch(config-router-ptmp)# exit
switch(config-router)#
Exits peer-policy template configuration mode.
Step 7
neighbor ip-address remote-as as-number
Example:
switch(config-router)# neighbor
192.168.1.2 remote-as 65536
switch(config-router-neighbor)#
Places the router in neighbor configuration mode for
BGP routing and configures the neighbor IP address.
Step 8
address-family ipv4 {multicast |
unicast}
Example:
switch(config-router-neighbor)#
address-family ipv4 unicast
switch(config-router-neighbor-af)#
Enters global address family configuration mode for
the IPv4 address family.
Step 9
inherit peer-policy template-name
preference
Example:
switch(config-router-neighbor-af)#
inherit peer-policy BasePolicy 1
Applies a peer-policy template to the peer address
family configuration and assigns the preference value
for this peer policy.
Step 10
show bgp peer-policy template-name
Example:
switch(config-router-neighbor-af)# show
bgp peer-policy BasePolicy
(Optional) Displays the peer-policy template.
Step 11
copy running-config startup-config
Example:
switch(config-router-neighbor-af)# copy
running-config startup-config
(Optional) Saves this configuration change.
Command Purpose