neighbor activate

This command activates the specified BGP peer for the current L3 VPN address family context.

Syntax

neighbor ip-address activate
no neighbor ip-address activate

Parameters

ip-address Specifies a BGP peer as a valid IPv4 address in dotted-quad format or as a valid IPv6 address in colon-separated format.

Defaults

None.

Mode

BGP L3 VPN IPv4 or IPv6 Address Family Configuration.

Usage

The neighbor activate command must be applied to any IPv6 peers, but does not need to be applied to an IPv4 peer.

The no neighbor activate command disables activation of the specified BGP neighbor for the current address family context.

Example

The following example activates neighbor fe80::21f:45ff:fe3d:21be within the IPv6 unicast address family context:

System(su-config)->router bgp 65151
System(su-config-bgp)->bgp router-id 159.1.1.9
System(su-config-bgp)->neighbor fe80::21f:45ff:fe3d:21be remote-as 5
System(su-config-bgp)->address-family ipv6 unicast
System(su-config-bgp-af)->neighbor fe80::21f:45ff:fe3d:21be activate