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

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neighbor timers

Set keepalive and hold time timers for a BGP neighbor or a peer group.

Syntax

neighbor { ipv6-address | peer-group-name} timers keepalive holdtime

To return to the default values, use the no neighbor { ipv6-address | peer-group-name} timers command.

Parameters

ipv6-address	Enter the IPv6 address in the x:x:x:x::x format. NOTE: The :: notation specifies successive hexadecimal fields of zeros.
peer-group-name	Enter the name of the peer group to set the timers for all routers within the peer group.
keepalive	Enter a number for the time interval, in seconds, between keepalive messages sent to the neighbor routers. the range is from 1 to 65535. the default is 60 seconds.
holdtime	Enter a number for the time interval, in seconds, between the last keepalive message and declaring the router dead. The range is from 3 to 65535. The default is 180 seconds.

Defaults

keepalive = 60 seconds
holdtime = 180 seconds

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

Timer values configured with the neighbor timers command override the timer values configured with the timers bgp command.

When two neighbors, configured with different keepalive and holdtime values, negotiate for new values, the resulting values are as follows:

the lower of the holdtime values is the new holdtime value
whichever is the lower value; one-third of the new holdtime value, or the configured keepalive value is the new keepalive value