set protocols bgp neighbor soft-reconfiguration

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>] {neighbor <ip>| peer-group <peer-group> |interface <interface>} {ipv4-unicast|ipv4-labeled-unicast|ipv6-unicast|ipv6-labeled-unicast} soft-reconfiguration inbound

delete protocols bgp [vrf <vrf-name>] {neighbor <ip>| peer-group <peer-group> |interface <interface>} {ipv4-unicast|ipv4-labeled-unicast|ipv6-unicast|ipv6-labeled-unicast} 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 IPv4/IPv6 address of a peer.
peer-group <peer-group>	Specifies a peer group.
interface <interface>	Specifies an L3 interface for BGP connection. The value could be a VLAN interface name, loopback interface name, routed interface or sub-interface name.

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 neighbor 2.2.2.2 ipv4-unicast soft-reconfiguration inbound
admin@XorPlus# commit