# ArubaCX: When BGP Soft Reconfiguration Becomes a No-Op

DevFeed: [ArubaCX: When BGP Soft Reconfiguration Becomes a No-Op](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/arubacx-when-bgp-soft-reconfiguration-becomes-a-no-op-11211.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2025/07/aruba-bgp-soft-reconfiguration/>)

Published: 2025-07-25T05:58:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Routing (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/routing.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [router](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/router.md>), [routing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/routing.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines ArubaCX BGP soft reconfiguration. Inbound soft reconfiguration works through route refresh, but the outbound command `clear bgp ipv4 unicast * soft out` produces no BGP update and gives no indication that it failed.

## Source excerpt

Changing an existing BGP routing policy is always tricky on platforms that apply line-by-line changes to device configurations (Cisco IOS and most other platforms claiming to have industry-standard CLI, with the notable exception of Arista EOS). The safest approach seems to be: Do not panic when the user makes changes to route maps and underlying filters (prefix lists, AS-path access lists, or community lists). Let the user decide when they're done and process the BGP table with the new routing policy at that time. Read more ...