Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Command Line Reference Guide 9.10(0.0)

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neighbor graceful-restart

Enable graceful restart on a BGP neighbor.

Syntax

neighbor { ip-address | peer-group-name} graceful-restart [restart-time seconds] [stale-path-time seconds] [role receiver-only]

To return to the default, enter the no bgp graceful-restart command.

Parameters

ip-address	Enter the IP address of the neighbor in dotted decimal format.
peer-group-name	Enter the name of the peer group to apply the filter to all routers in the peer group.
restart-time seconds	Enter the keyword `restart-time` then the maximum number of seconds to restart and bring-up all the peers. The range is from 1 to 3600 seconds. The default is 120 seconds.
stale-path-time seconds	Enter the keyword `stale-path-time` then the maximum number of seconds to wait before restarting a peer’s stale paths. The default is 360 seconds.
role receiver-only	Enter the keyword `role receiver-only` to designate the local router to support graceful restart as a receiver only.

Defaults

as above

Command Modes

ROUTER BGP

Supported Modes

Full–Switch

Command History

Version	Description
9.9(0.0)	Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0)	Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.

Usage Information

This feature advertises to BGP neighbors through a capability advertisement. In Receiver Only mode, BGP saves the advertised routes of peers that support this capability when they restart.