neighbor route-reflector-client

Configures a neighbor to be a route-reflector client.
Syntax
neighbor { ip-address |ipv6-address | peer-group-name } route-reflector-client
no neighbor { ip-address |ipv6-address | peer-group-name } route-reflector-client
Command Default

A neighbor is ont configured to be a route-reflector client.

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 neghbor peer-group-name command.
Modes

BGP configuration mode

BGP address-family IPv6 unicast configuration mode

BGP L2VPN EVPN address family configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

When this command is entered in BGP global configuration mode, it applies only to the IPv4 address family. Use this command in BGP address-family IPv6 unicast configuration mode for BGP4+ configurations. Use this command in BGP L2VPN EVPN address family configuration mode for BGP L2VPN EVPN configurations.

Use this command on a host device to configure a neighbor to be a route-reflector client. Once configured, the host device from which the configuration is made acts as a route-reflector server.

This command can be configured in BGP L2VPN EVPN address family configuration mode for RUCKUS ICX 7850 and ICX 7550 devices only.

The no form of the command removes the neighbor as a route-reflector client.

Examples

The following example configures a neighbor to be a route-reflector client.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 route-reflector-client

The following example configures a neighbor to be a route-reflector client for the BGP L2VPN EVPN address family.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# local-as 656
device(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 1.1.1.35 remote-as 656
device(config-bgp-router)# address-family l2vpn evpn
device(config-bgp-l2vpn-evpn)# neighbor 1.1.1.35 activate
device(config-bgp-l2vpn-evpn)# neighbor 1.1.1.35 send-community both
device(config-bgp-l2vpn-evpn)# neighbor 10.1.1.35 route-reflector-client
History
Release version Command history
10.0.20 This command was introduced.