Cisco Nexus 7000 Series - Configuring a Graceful Restart

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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 4.x
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Chapter 11 Configuring Advanced BGP
Configuring Advanced BGP
Configuring a Graceful Restart
You can configure a graceful restart and enable the graceful restart helper feature for BGP.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Ensure that you have enabled the BGP feature (see the “Enabling the BGP Feature” section on
page 10-10).
Create the VDCs and VRFs.
Ensure that you are in the correct VDC (or use the switchto vdc command).
SUMMARY STEPS
1. config t
2. router bgp as-number
3. graceful-restart
4. graceful-restart [restart-time time | stalepath-time time]
5. graceful-restart-helper
6. show running-config bgp
7. copy running-config startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
send-community
Example:
switch(config-router-neighbor-af)#
send-community
Sends the community attribute to this BGP peer.
This command triggers an automatic soft clear or
refresh of BGP neighbor sessions.
send-extcommunity
Example:
switch(config-router-neighbor-af)#
send-extcommunity
Sends the extended community attribute to this
BGP peer. This command triggers an automatic soft
clear or refresh of BGP neighbor sessions.
Command Purpose
Command Purpose
Step 1
config t
Example:
switch# config t
switch(config)#
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
router bgp as-number
Example:
switch(config)# router bgp 65536
switch(config-router)#
Creates a new BGP process with the configured
autonomous system number.