[c-nsp] Graceful way to terminate BGP Session

[Voll, Scott]

Thanks to all that replied online and offline.

I like the idea of decreasing Local Preference and not advertising and
receiving routes.

Thank again to all

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael K. Smith - Adhost [mailto:mksmith at adhost.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 1:10 PM
To: Voll, Scott; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: RE: [c-nsp] Graceful way to terminate BGP Session

Hi Scott:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-
> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Voll, Scott
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 12:59 PM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] Graceful way to terminate BGP Session
> 
> I have two ISP running BGP.  I have just installed a Third and all
> seems
> to be working.
> 
> 
> 
> We are going to terminate one of the former ISP BGP sessions.  Is
there
> a way to do this gracefully without causing all sorts of routing
> issues?
> I'm thinking shutting down the Gig port is not my best option.  Do I
> just remove the BGP Neighbor?  Will that cause me issues also?
> 
> 
You can shut down the neighbor.

router bgp xxx
neighbor 1.1.1.1 shutdown

Mike