Cisco Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0(24)S

Another peer session template named SESSION-TEMPLATE-TWO is configured to inherit the 
configuration from SESSION-TEMPLATE-ONE and apply the remote-as 2 command.

template peer-session SESSION-TEMPLATE-TWO 

remote-as 2

inherit peer-session SESSION-TEMPLATE-ONE

exit peer-session 

The template named “session-template-one” is indirectly inherited by the template named 
“peer-session-two”, and the remote-as command is applied in each template but with a different 
autonomous system number. The remote-as 1 command statement is evaluated first. But, since the 
remote-as 2 command statement was directly applied in “session-template-two”, the command in 
“session-template-two” will have priority over the command from “session-template-one”, and the 
remote-as 2 command will be applied instead of the remote-as 1 command. 

Peer session templates support only general session commands. BGP policy configuration commands 
that are configured only for a specific address family or NLRI configuration mode are configured with 
peer policy templates.

Peer policy templates are used to group and apply the configuration of commands that are applied within 
specific address-families and NLRI configuration mode. Peer policy templates are created and 
configured in peer policy configuration mode. BGP policy commands that are configured for specific 
address-families or NLRI configuration modes are configured in a peer policy template. The following 
BGP policy commands are supported by peer policy templates: