Selected Answer: C idle (Admin) means the BGP session is in a shutdown state, and it needs to go no shut.

Sorry, It is 'idle' because it can't even start doing anything, so removing the shutdown command will let it begin to try to work = Active.

A. R1(config)#router bgp 65001 R1(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.50.2 remote-as 65001 B. R1(config)#router bgp 65001 R1(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.50.2 activate C. R1(config)#router bgp 65001 R1(config-router)#no neighbor 192.168.50.2 shutdown D. R1(config)#router bgp 65002 R1(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.50.2 activate

Selected Answer: C ISP(config-router)#do sh ip bgp sum BGP router identifier 2.2.2.2, local AS number 65000 Neighbor V AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/PfxRcd 192.168.50.2 4 65001 0 0 1 0 0 never Idle (Admin) ISP(config-router)#no neighbor 192.168.50.2 shutdown ISP(config-router)#do sh ip bgp sum BGP router identifier 2.2.2.2, local AS number 65000 Neighbor V AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/PfxRcd 192.168.50.2 4 65001 0 0 1 0 0 never Idle

Selected Answer: C answer is correct: https://www.noction.com/blog/debug-bgp-states

Not Quite... - Idle = no work to do as I already know everything. (good) - Active = panic, because I’m lost and need to find out more information. (bad) So right now BGP is happy - shutting it down will make it unhappy, and Active.