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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 4.x
OL-20002-02
Chapter 11 Configuring Advanced BGP
Configuring Advanced BGP
DETAILED STEPS
Command Purpose
Step 1
config t
Example:
switch# config t
switch(config)#
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
router bgp autonomous-system-number
Example:
switch(config)# router bgp 65536
switch(config-router)#
Enables BGP and assigns the autonomous system
number to the local BGP speaker.
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 | ipv6}{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.