The BGP Maximum-Prefix feature allows you to control how many prefixes can be received from a neighbor. By default, this feature allows a router to bring down a peer when the number of received prefixes from that peer exceeds the configured Maximum-Prefix limit. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/border-gateway-protocol-bgp/25160-bgp- maximum- prefix.html#:~:text=The%20BGP%20Maximum%2DPrefix%20feature%20allows%20you%20to%2 0control%20how,the%20configured%20Maximum%2DPrefix%20limit.