Parameters
ip-address
Enter an IP address in dotted decimal format to reset only that BGP 
neighbor.
Defaults The router ID is the highest IP address of the Loopback interface or, if no Loopback interfaces 
are configured, the highest IP address of a physical interface on the router.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command History
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Usage 
Information
Peering sessions are reset when you change the router ID of a BGP router.
bgp soft-reconfig-backup
Use this command 
only
 when route-refresh is 
not
 negotiated to avoid the peer from resending messages.
C-Series, E-Series, S-Series, Z-Series, S4810
Syntax
bgp soft-reconfig-backup
To return to the default setting, use the no bgp soft-reconfig-backup command.
Defaults Off
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command History
Version 9.1(0.0) Added support for IPv6.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Version 7.2.1.0 Introduced.
Usage 
Information
When you enable soft-reconfiguration for a neighbor and you execute the clear ip bgp 
soft in command, the update database stored in the router is replayed and updates are 
reevaluated. With this command, the replay and update process is triggered only if route-
refresh request is not negotiated with the peer. If the request is indeed negotiated (after 
executing the clear ip bgp soft in command), BGP sends a route-refresh request to 
the neighbor and receives all of the peer’s updates.
Related 
Commands
clear ip bgp – activates inbound policies without resetting the BGP TCP session.
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