Cisco Cisco Packet Data Interworking Function (PDIF)
BGP Configuration Mode Commands
▀ timers
▄ Command Line Interface Reference, StarOS Release 18
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timers
Configures BGP routing timers.
Product
All
Privilege
Security Administrator, Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration > Context Configuration > BGP Configuration
configure > context context_name > router bgp as_number
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[context_name]host_name(config-bgp)#
Syntax
timers bgp keepalive-interval interval holdtime-interval time [ min-peer-holdtime-
interval time ]
interval time ]
no
Remove the user specified timer values from the router’s configuration. The timer values are reset to the
default values.
default values.
timers bgp keepalive-interval
interval
holdtime-interval
time
keepalive-interval
interval
: Specifies the interval (in seconds) to wait between sending keepalive
packets as an integer from 0 through 65535. Default: 30
holdtime-interval
time
: Specifies the interval (in seconds) after which the neighbor is considered dead
if keepalive messages are not received as an integer from 0 through 65535.
[ min-peer-holdtime-interval
time ]
Specifies the interval (in seconds) that is the minimum acceptable hold time from a neighbor as an integer
from 0 through 65535. The default is 0 so that there is no restriction on the hold time received in an OPEN
message from the peer.
from 0 through 65535. The default is 0 so that there is no restriction on the hold time received in an OPEN
message from the peer.
Usage
Use this command to configure the how long to wait between sending keepalive packets and how long to wait
for a keepalive before considering a a neighbor dead.
for a keepalive before considering a a neighbor dead.
Example
The following command sets the keepalive interval to 2 minutes (120 seconds) and the holdtime interval to 3
minutes (180 seconds):
minutes (180 seconds):
timers bgp keepalive-interval 120 holdtime-interval 180 min-peer-
holdtime-interval 0
holdtime-interval 0