Configuring Graceful Restart

Configuring Graceful Restart describes how to configure graceful restart.

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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