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Cisco IOS XR Getting Started Guide
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Chapter5 Configuring Additional Router Features
Configuration Limiting
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BGP Configuration Limits
The maximum number of BGP neighbors (peers) that can be configured is 1024. This number cannot be
changed through configuration. Any attempt to configure additio nal neighbors beyond the limit fails.
To prevent neighbors (peers) from flooding BGP with advertisements, a limit is placed on the number of
prefixes that can be accepted from a peer for each supported address family.
You can override the default limits for an address family with the maximum-prefix command. Table 5- 7
summarizes the maximum configuration limits for BGP.
Table5-7 BGP Configuration Limits and Commands
Feature Limit Description
Default
Maximum
Limit
Absolute
Maximum
Limit
Configuration Command
(Router Configuration Mode)
Show Current Settings Command
(EXEC Mode)
Maximum number of neighbors
(peers)
1024 1024 None. This limit cannot be
changed or exceeded.
None
IPv4 unicast maximum prefixes
that can be received from a
neighbor
524,288 4,294,967,
295
maximum-prefix nshow bgp neighbor IP_address
IPv4 multicast maximum prefixes
that can be received from a
neighbor
131,072 4,294,967,
295
maximum-prefix nshow bgp neighbor IP_address
IPv6 unicast maximum prefixes
that can be received from a
neighbor
131,072 4,294,967,
295
maximum-prefix nshow bgp neighbor IP_address
Maximum equal-cost parallel
routes to external peers
18maximum-paths nshow running-config
Note This command shows
only changes to the
default value. If the
maximum paths
command does not
appear, the router is set
to the default value.