Shutting Down an MSDP Peer If you want to configure many MSDP commands for the same peer and you do not want the peer to become active, you can shut down the peer, configure it, and later bring it up. When a peer is shut down, the TCP connection is terminated and is not restarted. You can also shut down an MSDP session without losing configuration information for the peer. Follow these steps to shut down a peer: Procedure Configuring MSDP Shutting Down an MSDP Peer Command or Action Purpose Device#show running-config Step 6 copy running-config startup-config Example: Device#copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Saves your entries in the configuration file.
Command or Action Purpose Step 1 enable Example: Device>enable Enables privileged EXEC mode. • Enter your password if prompted. Step 2 configure terminal Example: Device#configure terminal Enters global configuration mode. Step 3 ip msdp shutdown {peer-name | peer address} Example: Device(config)#ip msdp shutdown switch.cisco.com Shuts down the specified MSDP peer without losing configuration information. For peer-name | peer address, enter the IP address or name of the MSDP peer to shut down. Step 4 end Example: Device(config)#end Returns to privileged EXEC mode. Configuring MSDP 20