Administrator Guide

This command automatically restarts the BGP instance for the configuration to
take effect.
bgp graceful-restart
To support graceful restart as a receiver only, enable graceful restart on a BGP neighbor, a BGP node, or
designate a local router.
Z9000
Syntax
bgp graceful-restart [restart-time seconds] [stale-path-time
seconds] [role receiver-only]
To return to the default, use the no bgp graceful-restart command.
Parameters
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
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Version
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Usage
Information
This feature is advertised 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.
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