Documentation

Name

bgp router peer soft-restart -  activate soft-restart on a BGP session

Synopsis

soft-restart

Description

This command activates "soft-restart" on a virtual peer. Soft-restart allows virtual peers to keep their routes when their session is teared down.

Since the routes available to virtual peers are learned through the bgp router peer recv command, they are lost when the session with the virtual peer is teared down. With the soft-restart option, the Adj-RIB-in corresponding to the virtual peer is not cleared when the session is teared down. These routes are therefore still available upon session restart.