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neighbor shutdown (BGP)
Causes a device to shut down the session administratively with its neighbor.
Synopsis
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} shutdown {generate-rib-out}
no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} shutdown {generate-rib-out}
Operands
ip-address
IPv4 address of the neighbor
peer-group-name
Peer group name configured by the neighbor peer-group-name command.
generate-rib-out
When a peer is put into shutdown state, Routing Information Base (RIB)
outbound routes are not produced for that peer. Use this option to produce
those routes.
Defaults
None
Command Modes
BGP configuration mode
Description
Shutting down a session lets you configure the neighbor and save the configuration without the
need to establish a session with that neighbor.
Usage Guidelines
Use the no form of this command to restore the defaults.
Examples
To cause a device to shut down the session administratively with its neighbor:
switch(config)# rbridge-id 10
switch(config-rbridge-id-10)# router bgp
switch(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 shutdown
To do the above and generate RIB outbound routes:
switch(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 shutdown generate-rib-out
See Also
None