Brocade NetIron CER 2024C BGP config Issue - cisco-ios

Question

I'm new to Brocade/NetIron but I thought the config was similar to Cisco until we tried to hook up a new transit provider. Routes don't seem to be loading correctly and we have an issue pinging our router on the Cogent issued IP that we have added onto the interface.
Can anyone see a problem with this config?
NetIron CER 2024C-4X#show run
Current configuration:
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ver V5.6.0gT183
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no spanning-tree
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vlan 1 name DEFAULT-VLAN
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!
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!
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enable telnet password .....
enable super-user-password .....
telnet server
!
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ip prefix-list VISPA-OUT seq 25 permit 1.2.3.0/24
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ip prefix-list ALL-PREFIXES seq 5 permit 0.0.0.0/0 le 32
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ip prefix-list DENY-ALL seq 5 deny 0.0.0.0/0 le 32
!
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ip router-id 1.2.3.1
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interface management 1
ip address 192.168.1.245/24
enable
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interface ethernet 2/1
port-name *** Cogent ***
enable
ip address x.x.x.42/29
!
interface ethernet 2/4
enable
ip address 1.2.3.1/24
!
!
!
router bgp
local-as 29129
neighbor x.x.x.41 remote-as 174
neighbor x.x.x.41 description Cogent
address-family ipv4 unicast
synchronization
network 1.2.3.0/24
redistribute connected
neighbor x.x.x.41 route-map in COGENT-IN
neighbor x.x.x.41 route-map out COGENT-OUT
exit-address-family
address-family ipv4 multicast
exit-address-family
address-family ipv6 unicast
exit-address-family
address-family ipv6 multicast
exit-address-family
address-family vpnv4 unicast
exit-address-family
address-family vpnv6 unicast
exit-address-family
!
!
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route-map COGENT-IN permit 20
match ip address prefix-list ALL-PREFIXES
set local-preference 300
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route-map COGENT-OUT permit 10
match ip address prefix-list VISPA-OUT
route-map COGENT-OUT deny 20
match ip address prefix-list ALL-PREFIXES
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end
BGP Sum :-
NetIron CER 2024C-4X#show run
NetIron CER 2024C-4X#show ip bgp sum
BGP4 Summary
Router ID: 1.2.3.1 Local AS Number: 123
Confederation Identifier: not configured
Confederation Peers:
Maximum Number of IP ECMP Paths Supported for Load Sharing: 1
Number of Neighbors Configured: 1, UP: 1
Number of Routes Installed: 2, Uses 172 bytes
Number of Routes Advertising to All Neighbors: 1 (1 entries), Uses 48 bytes
Number of Attribute Entries Installed: 2, Uses 180 bytes
Neighbor Address AS# State Time Rt:Accepted Filtered Sent ToSend
x.x.x.41 174 ESTAB 0h 7m 6s 0 0 1 0
I can ping Cogent's IP, x.x.x.41 fine.
I can't ping my router from the outside world. Cogent also can't ping me - x.x.x.42.

Answer 1

Make sure you have a default route.
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 x.x.x.x
where x.x.x.x is your cogent gateway.