8-5. neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} description text
Syntax Description:
ip-address— Neighbor's IP address.
peer-group-name— Name of the peer group. See section 8-19.
text— Line describing the neighbor (1 to 80 characters).
Purpose: The description option performs a function that is similar to a comment in a software program. This function simply helps the reader determine the purpose of the code or, in the BGP case, the identification of the neighbor. Adding a neighbor description to a BGP configuration does not affect the operation of BGP. The description should convey useful information that can be quickly used to identify neighbors. For simple scenarios that have few neighbors, the description option has limited usefulness. For an ...
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