Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual page 310

Configuring Advanced BGP
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A peer-session template can inherit from one other peer-session template. You can configure the second
template to inherit from a third template. The first template also inherits this third template. This indirect
inheritance can continue for up to seven peer-session templates.
Any attributes configured for the neighbor take priority over any attributes inherited by that neighbor
from a BGP template.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Ensure that you have enabled the BGP feature (see the
page
Ensure that you are in the correct VDC (or use the switchto vdc command).
When editing a template, you can use the no form of a command at either the peer or template level to
Note
explicitly override a setting in a template. You must use the default form of the command to reset that
attribute to the default state.
SUMMARY STEPS
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DETAILED STEPS
Command
Step 1
config t
Example:
switch# config t
switch(config)#
Step 2
router bgp autonomous-system-number
Example:
switch(config)# router bgp 65536
switch(config-router)#
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config t
router bgp autonomous-system-number
template peer-session template-name
Add appropriate attributes to the session template.
Add appropriate attributes to the session template.
exit
neighbor ip-address remote-as as-number
inherit peer-session template-name
Add appropriate neighbor attributes.
show bgp peer-session template-name
copy running-config startup-config
Chapter 11
"Enabling the BGP Feature" section on
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Enables BGP and assigns the autonomous system
number to the local BGP speaker.
Configuring Advanced BGP
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