The Hello interval and Hello Hold Timeout timer values can be obtained from the global default values or configured globally on a router. The Hello Hold timeout timer value can also be configured through an interface. When configuring these values the following constraints must be followed:
The Hello Interval value must be less than 32767.
The Hello Hold Timeout value must be less than 65535.
The Hello Hold Timeout value must be greater than or equal to 2 times the Hello Interval value.
The values can be set that determine the values used on the configured router and values sent to adjacent peers for their configuration as follows:
Setting the LDP Hello interval values
Setting the LDP Hold time sent to adjacent LSRs
Determining the LDP Hold time on an MPLS interface
Section contents:
LDP Hello interval The LDP hello interval controls how often the device sends out LDP Hello messages. Hello messages are used to maintain LDP adjacencies between the device and its LDP peers.
LDP Hello Hold time The LDP hold time specifies how long the device or MPLS interface waits for its LDP peers to send a Hello message.
Changing the LDP Hello Interval You can change the default setting for the LDP Hello message interval globally for link or target LDP sessions. You can also configure the interval on an interface for link LDP sessions.
Changing the LDP Hold Time Sent to Adjacent LSRs You can change the default settings for the LDP Hold Time sent in Hello messages to adjacent LSRs globally or on an interface for either link or targeted LDP sessions.
Configuring LDP message authentication To protect against spoofed TCP segments in a connection stream, Extreme Networks devices allow configuration of an authentication key on a per LDP session basis.