neighbor shutdown

Disables a BGP neighbor association.

neighbor <address> shutdown
 
no neighbor <address> shutdown
 

• address--neighbor’s IP address, in dotted decimal format (a.b.c.d)

Must be in BGP configuration mode (config-engine-bgp), which requires privileged-level access.

Use once.

The shutdown command renders the interface inactive without removing it form the configuration.

Use the no form of the command to remove the neighbor shutdown command from the running configuration, thereby re-enabling the BGP neighbor association.