Configuring Graceful Restart

Configuring Graceful Restart describes how to configure graceful restart.

Configuring Graceful Restart

Step	Task	Command(s)
1	In BGP configuration mode, optionally enable graceful restart on the router.	bgp graceful-restart
2	In BGP configuration mode, optionally modify the time to defer route selection after graceful restarting.	bgp restart-defer time-seconds
3	In BGP configuration mode, optionally modify the maximum time to wait for a graceful restart capable peer to come back after a restart.	bgp restart-time time-seconds
4	In BGP configuration mode, optionally modify the estimated time advertised to peers in the OPEN message for the session to be reestablished after a graceful restart.	bgp restart-time time-seconds
5	In BGP configuration mode, optionally modify the maximum time following a restart before removing stale routes from the peer.	bgp stale-path-time time-seconds