BGP NSR provides BGP nonstop routing (NSR) and nonstop forwarding (NSF) in the event of a switchover from an Active RP to
the Standby RP. The BGP NSR Support for iBGP Peers feature provides NSR support for iBGP peers configured under the IPv4 unicast
or IPv4 + label address family.
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Restrictions on BGP NSR Support for iBGP Peers
This feature applies to iBGP peers configured under IPv4 unicast or IPv4 + label address families.
Information About BGP NSR Support for iBGP Peers
Benefit of BGP NSR Support for iBGP Peers
Nonstop routing is beneficial for iBGP peers because it reduces the likelihood of dropped packets during switchover from
the Active RP to the Standby RP. Switchover occurs when the Active RP fails for some reason, and the Standby RP takes control
of Active RP operations.
How to Configure BGP NSR Support for iBGP Peers
Making an iBGP Peer NSR-Capable for the IPv4 Address Family
Procedure
Command or Action
Purpose
Step 1
enable
Example:
Device> enable
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
Enter your password if prompted.
Step 2
configure terminal
Example:
Device# configure terminal
Enters global configuration mode.
Step 3
router bgp autonomous-system-number
Example:
Device(config)# router bgp 4000
Enters router configuration mode for the specified routing process.
Specifies the IPv4 address family and enters address family configuration mode.
The
unicast keyword specifies the IPv4 unicast address family.
The
vrf keyword and
vrf-name argument specify the name of the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance to associate with subsequent IPv4 address
family configuration mode commands.
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