The set protocols bgp neighbor soft-reconfiguration command enables you to generate inbound updates from a neighbor and change and activate BGP policies without clearing the BGP session. Changes in BGP policies require the BGP session to be cleared which can have a large negative impact on network operations.
The delete protocols bgp neighbor soft-reconfiguration command disables this setting.
Command Syntax
set protocols bgp [vrf <vrf-name>] {ipv4 unicast|ipv4 labeled-unicast|ipv6 unicast|ipv6 labeled-unicast} {neighbor <ip>| peer-group <peer-group> |interface <interface>} soft-reconfiguration inbound
delete protocols bgp [vrf <vrf-name>] {ipv4 unicast|ipv4 labeled-unicast|ipv6 unicast|ipv6 labeled-unicast} {neighbor <ip>| peer-group <peer-group> |interface <interface>} soft-reconfiguration inbound
Parameter
Parameter | Description |
vrf <vrf-name> | Optional. Specifies a VRF name. The value is a string. It’s a user-defined VRF set by the command set ip vrf <vrf-name> [description <string>]. |
| {ipv4 unicast|ipv4 labeled-unicast|ipv6 unicast|ipv6 labeled-unicast} | Specifies the type of the address family. |
| neighbor <ip> | Specifies the IP address of a peer. |
| peer-group <peer-group> | Specifies a peer group. |
| interface <interface> | Specifies an interface for BGP connection. |
Usage Guidelines
- To perform inbound soft reconfiguration, the BGP speaker must store all received route updates, regardless of the current inbound policy.
- When inbound soft reconfiguration is enabled, the stored updates are processed by the new policy configuration to create new inbound updates.
Example
• This example enables to generate inbound updates from a neighbor and change and activate BGP policies without clearing the BGP session.
admin@XorPlus# set protocols bgp ipv4 unicast neighbor 2.2.2.2 soft-reconfiguration inbound admin@XorPlus# commit