send-community (bgp-neighbor-config)

Enables sending of the community attribute to the BGP neighbor. The community attribute groups destinations in a certain community and applies routing decisions based on the community. On receiving community attribute, the BGP router announces it to the neighbor.

Supported in the following platforms:

  • Wireless Controllers — RFS 4000

  • Service Platforms — NX 95XX, NX 96XX

Syntax

send-community [both|extended|standard]

Parameters

send-community [both|extended|standard]
send-community [both|extended|standard] Enables sending of the community attributes to the BGP neighbor
  • both – Sends extended and standard community attributes
  • extended – Sends extended community attributes only
  • standard – Sends standard community attributes only

Examples

nx9500-6C8809(config-profile testNX9000-router-bgp-neighbor-192.168.13.99)#send-community both
nx9500-6C8809(config-profile testNX9000-router-bgp-neighbor-192.168.13.99)#show context
  bgp neighbor 192.168.13.99
   remote-as 100
   advertisement-interval 100
   peer-group eBGPPeerGrp1
   port 21
   allowas-in 10
   attribute-unchanged as-path
   capability orf prefix-list both
   default-originate
   description neighbor "This neighbor is an external AS neighbor"
   disable-connected-check
   dont-capability-negotiate
   ebgp-multihop 20
   enforce-multihop
   local-as 20 no-prepend
   maximum-prefix 400 50 warning-only
   next-hop-self
   override-capability
   passive
   password neighbor eBGPneighbor@300
   remove-private-as
   route-server-client
   send-community both
nx9500-6C8809(config-profile testNX9000-router-bgp-neighbor-192.168.13.99)#

    

Related Commands

no (bgp-neighbor-config) Disables sending of the community attribute to the BGP neighbor