How to Restart/Refresh BGP Sessions

Restarting a BGP session will build the BGP routing table from scratch (intrusive). Refreshing the session will only fetch/ look out for new routes (non-intrusive).

To restart/refresh BGP sessions, run the following commands:

• For self initiation:

  > test routing bgp virtual-router default restart self   (for restarting BGP connections)

  > test routing bgp virtual-router default refresh self   (for refreshing BGP connections)

• From Peer side:

  > test routing bgp virtual-router default restart peer <BGP peer>  (for restarting BGP connections)

  > test routing bgp virtual-router default refresh peer <BGP peer>  (for refreshing BGP connections)

Note: Depending on where the connection needs to be restarted/refreshed, it may require running the commands in privilege mode.

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