Configure Auto Shutdown of BGP Neighbors on Initial Configuration

Follow this procedure to enable auto shutdown of BGP neighbors on initial configuration.

Procedure

  1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.
    device# configure terminal
  2. Enter the router bgp command to enable BGP routing.
    device(config)# router bgp
  3. Enter the local-as command to configure the autonomous system number (ASN) in which your device resides.
    device(config-bgp-router)# local-as 65520
  4. Enter the auto-shutdown-new-neighbors command to prevent the BGP peer from attempting to establish connections with remote peers until all BGP neighbor parameters are configured.
    device(config-bgp-router)# auto-shutdown-new-neighbors

Example

This example summarizes the commands in this procedure.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# local-as 65520
device(config-bgp-router)# auto-shutdown-new-neighbors