tenant.bgp_peer_prefix_policy

The peer prefix policy defines how many prefixes can be received from a neighbor and the action to take when the number of allowed prefixes is exceeded. This feature is commonly used for external BGP peers, but can also be applied to internal BGP peers.

ACI class	bgpPeerPfxPol
RN	bgpPfxP-{name}
Cursor	BgpPeerPrefixPolicyCursor
Parent	tenant
Atomic	—

Attributes

Accepted as keyword arguments of .bgp_peer_prefix_policy(name) and of .set(**attrs) on this cursor. Enum parameters also accept the plain string.

parameter	wire	type	values	default	description
name (positional)	name	str	—	—	The peer prefix policy name. This name can be up to 64 alphanumeric characters.
max_prefix_action	action	BgpMaxPfxAct	log, reject, restart, shut	reject	Action to be performed when the maximum prefix limit is reached.
description	descr	str	—	—	Specifies a description of the policy definition.
max_number_of_prefixes	maxPfx	int	—	20000	Maximum number of prefixes allowed from the peer.
owner_key	ownerKey	str	—	—	The key for enabling clients to own their data for entity correlation.
owner_tag	ownerTag	str	—	—	A tag for enabling clients to add their own data. For example, to indicate who created this object.
prefix_limit_restart_time	restartTime	int	—	infinite	The period of time in minutes before restarting the peer when the prefix limit is reached.
warning_threshold	thresh	int	—	75	The threshold percentage of the maximum number of prefixes before a warning is issued. For example, if the maximum number of prefixes is 10 and the threshold is 70%, a warning is issued when the number of prefixes exceeds 7 (70%).