Reference Guide

NOTE: You must enter an escape sequence (CTRL+v) prior
to entering the ? regular expression.
• [ ] = (brackets) a range of single-character patterns.
• ^ = (caret) the beginning of the input string. If the caret is
used at the beginning of a sequence or range, it matches on
everything BUT the characters specified.
• $ = (dollar sign) the end of the output string.
Command Modes
• EXEC
• EXEC Privilege
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the
relevant FTOS Command Line Reference Guide .
The following is a list of the FTOS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.4.2.1 Introduced on the C-Series and S4810.
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series TeraScale.
timers bgp
Allows you to adjust the BGP network timers for all neighbors.
Z9000
Syntax
timers bgp keepalive holdtimer
To return to the default values, use the no timers bgp command.
Parameters
keepalive Enter the time interval (in seconds) between which the system sends
keepalive messages. The range is from 1 to 65535. The default is 60
seconds.
holdtimer Enter the time interval (in seconds) that the the system waits since
the last keepalive message before declaring a BGP peer dead. The
range is from 3 to 65535. The default is 180 seconds.
Defaults
• keepalive = 60 seconds
• holdtimer = 180 seconds
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
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