New topicconfigure iproute protection ping interval

configure iproute {ipv4 | ipv6} protection ping interval seconds miss misses

Description

Configures the desired interval between pings and number of misses for ping protection of IPv4 and IPv6 static routes.

Syntax Description

ipv4 Designates IPv4 settings (default).
ipv6 Designates IPv6 settings.
protection Configures route protection settings.
ping Configures static route ping protection interval and number of misses.
interval Number of seconds between pings to protected gateways. Ping response must be received within configured interval.
seconds Number of seconds between pings to protected gateways. Range is 1–600. Default is 2.
miss Number of pings with no response before associated routes are considered down.
misses Number of pings with no response before associated routes are considered down. Range is 2–255. Default is 3.

Default

If not specified, IPv4 is the default, and:

  • Interval = 2 seconds
  • Misses = 3

Usage Guidelines

At the configurable interval, each unique gateway or device IP address configured for static route ping protection is sent an ICMP or ICMPv6 Echo Request if the ARP or Neighbor cache entry already has the IP->MAC binding. An ARP or Neighbor Solicitation is sent if the IP->MAC binding is unknown, and upon receiving a response, the ICMP Echo Request is sent.

The desired interval between pings, and number of misses, can be configured independently for IPv4 and IPv6.

Example

The following example sets for IPv4 a ping interval of 3 seconds and number of missed pings to 5:

configure iproute ipv4 protection ping interval 3 miss 5

History

This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 16.2.

Platform Availability

All platforms with an Edge license or greater.