neighbor password

Specifies an MD5 password for securing sessions between the device and a neighbor.

Syntax

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

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

Command Default

No password is set.

Parameters

ip-address: Specifies the IPv4 address of the neighbor.
ipv6-address: Specifies the IPv6 address of the neighbor.
peer-group-name: Specifies the peer group name configured by the neighbor peer-group-name command.
string: Password of up to 63 characters in length that can contain any alphanumeric character.

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 a configured MD5 password.

Examples

The following example specifies a password for securing sessions with a specified neighbor.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 password s0M3P@55W0Rd

The following BGP4+ example, for VRF instance "red," specifies a password for securing sessions with a specified neighbor.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast vrf red
device(config-bgp-ipv4u-vrf)# neighbor 2001:2018:8192::125 password s0M3P@55W0Rd