HP 6125XLG - Disabling BGP to Establish a Session to a Peer or Peer Group; Configuring BGP Soft-Reset

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p
Command
Remarks
4. Configure the maximum
number of ECMP routes for
load balancing.
balance number
By default, load balancing is
disabled.
Disabling BGP to establish a session to a peer or peer group
This task enables you to temporarily tear down the BGP session to a specific peer or peer group so that
you can perform network upgrade and maintenance without needing to delete and reconfigure the peer
or peer group. To recover the session, execute the undo peer ignore command.
To disable BGP to establish a session to a peer or peer group (IPv4):
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p
Command
Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view N/A
2. Enter BGP view or BGP-VPN
instance view.
• Enter BGP view:
bgp as-number
• Enter BGP-VPN instance view:
a. bgp as-number
b. ip vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
N/A
3. Disable BGP to establish a
session to a peer or peer
group.
peer { group-name | ip-address }
ignore
By default, BGP can establish a
session to a peer or peer group.
To disable BGP to establish a session to a peer or peer group (IPv6):
Ste
p
Command
Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view N/A
2. Enter BGP view or BGP-VPN
instance view.
• Enter BGP view:
bgp as-number
• Enter BGP-VPN instance view:
a. bgp as-number
b. ip vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
N/A
3. Disable BGP to establish a
session to a peer or peer
group.
peer { group-name |
ipv6-address } ignore
By default, BGP can establish a
session to a peer.
Configuring BGP soft-reset
After you modify the route selection policy (for example, modify the preferred value), you must reset BGP
sessions to apply the new policy. The reset operation tears down and re-establishes BGP sessions.
To avoid tearing down BGP sessions, you can use one of the following soft-reset methods to apply the
new policy: