neighbor timers
Syntax
neighbor
{
ip-address
|
ipv6-address
|
peer-group-name
}
timers
keep-alive
keepalive_interval
hold-time
holdtime_interval
no neighbor
{
ip-address
|
ipv6-address
|
peer-group-name
}
timers
keep-alive
keepalive_interval
hold-time
holdtime_interval
Parameters
-
ip-address
- IPv4 address of the neighbor
-
ipv6-address
- IPv6 address of the neighbor
-
peer-group-name
- Peer group name configured by the
neighbor peer-group-name command.
-
keep-alive
keepalive_interval
- Frequency (in seconds) with which a device sends keepalive messages to a peer. Range is from 0 through 65535 seconds. The default is 60.
-
hold-time
holdtime_interval
- Interval in seconds that a device waits to receive a keepalive message from a peer before declaring that peer dead. Range is from 0 through 65535 seconds. The default is 180.
Modes
BGP configuration mode
BGP address-family IPv4 unicast VRF configuration mode
BGP address-family IPv6 unicast VRF configuration mode
Usage Guidelines
The
no form of the command restores the defaults.
Examples
The following example sets the keepalive timer for a device to 120 seconds and the hold-timer to 360 seconds.
device# configure terminal
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 timers keep-alive 120 hold-time 360
The following example sets the keepalive timer to 120 seconds and the hold-timer to 360 seconds for VRF instance "red".
device# configure terminal
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast vrf red
device(config-bgp-ipv6u-vrf)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 timers keep-alive 120 hold-time 360