Command Manual – MPLS 
Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches  Chapter 2  BGP/MPLS VPN Configuration Commands
 
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Example 
# Set description of the peer group group1 to be city 1.  
[Quidway-bgp-af-vpn-instance] peer group1 description city1 
2.1.36  peer ebgp-max-hop 
Syntax 
peer group-name ebgp-max-hop [ ttl ] 
undo peer group-name ebgp-max-hop 
View 
VPN-instance subaddress family view  
Parameter 
group-name: Name of a neighbor peer group, consisting of 1 to 47 alphanumeric 
characters. 
peer-address: Peer IP address.  
ttl: The maximum hops, in the rang of 1 to 255 and is 64 by default.  
Description 
Use the peer ebgp-max-hop command to enable to establish an EBGP connection 
with a specified neighbor which is attached to the network indirectly. 
Use the undo peer ebgp-max-hop command to restore the default setting.  
By default, you can only make a connection with a direct accessing EBGP neighbor.  
Example 
# Enable the router to connect the EBGP peer group test that is attached to the network 
indirectly.  
[Quidway-bgp] ipv4-family vpn-instance test 
[Quidway-bgp-af-vpn-instance] peer test ebgp-max-hop 
2.1.37  peer enable 
Syntax 
peer group-name enable 
undo peer group-name enable 
View 
VPNv4 subaddress family view