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Routing & Switching · Advanced

Soft Reconfiguration

A BGP option that stores unmodified inbound routes from a neighbor so policy can be re-applied locally.

Definition

neighbor soft-reconfiguration inbound keeps an Adj-RIB-In copy, consuming memory but allowing show ip bgp neighbors X received-routes. With route refresh widely supported, it is mainly used for troubleshooting received routes.

Example

show ip bgp neighbors 10.1.1.2 received-routes

Exam tip

received-routes output requires soft-reconfiguration inbound; routes shows post-policy.

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