neighbor description

Specifies a name for a neighbor.

Syntax

neighbor { ip-address | ipv6-address | peer-group-name } description string

no neighbor { ip-address | ipv6-address | peer-group-name } description

Parameters

ip-address: IPv4 address of the neighbor.
ipv6-address: IPv6 address of the neighbor.
peer-group-name: Peer group name configured by the neighbor peer-group-name command.
description string: Specifies the name of the neighbor, an alphanumeric string up to 220 characters long.

Modes

BGP configuration mode

BGP address-family IPv4 unicast VRF configuration mode

BGP address-family IPv6 unicast VRF configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

The no form of the command removes the name.

Examples

The following example specifies a BGP4 neighbor name.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 description mygoodneighbor

The following example specifies a BGP4+ neighbor name for VRF instance "red".

device# configure terminal 
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast vrf red
device(config-bgp-ipv6u-vrf)# neighbor 2001:2018:8192::125 default-originate route-map myroutemap