BGP Commands
ExtremeWare XOS 11.5 supports only the Summit X450 family of switches and the BlackDiamond 8800 series switch.
ExtremeWare XOS 11.5 Command Reference Guide
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configure bgp neighbor soft-reset
configure bgp neighbor [<remoteaddr> | all] {address-family [ipv4-unicast |
ipv4-multicast]} soft-reset {in | out}
Description
Applies the current input or output routing policy to the routing information already exchanged with
the neighbor.
Syntax Description
Default
If no address family is specified, IPv4 unicast is the default.
Usage Guidelines
The input/output policy is determined by the route policy configured for the neighbor on the input
and/or output side of the router. This command does not affect the switch configuration.
If both the local BGP neighbor and the neighbor router support the route refresh capability
(ExtremeWare does not support this feature), a dynamic soft input reset can be performed. The “soft-
reset input” command will trigger the generation of a route refresh message to be sent to the neighbor.
As a response to the “Route-Refresh” message, the neighbor will send the entire BGP routing table in
updates.
If the “Route-Refresh” capability is not supported by the neighbor (like ExtremeWare), then the user
must preconfigure “soft-input-reset”. If “soft-input-reset” is configured, BGP will store all the incoming
routes updates from the neighbor. When the user issues the “soft-input-reset” command, the locally
stored incoming routes will be reprocessed against the new policy, and will be installed in the BGP
route database.
Example
The following command applies the current input routing policy to the routing information already
exchanged with the neighbor:
configure bgp neighbor 192.168.1.5 soft-reset in
remoteaddr
Specifies an IP address of a BGP neighbor.
all
Specifies all neighbors.
address-family
The address family. BGP supports two address families: IPv4 Unicast and IPv4
Multicast
in
Specifies to apply the input routing policy.
out
Specifies to apply the output routing policy.
