Concept Guide

BGP version 4, remote router ID 192.168.128.3
BGP state ESTABLISHED, in this state for 00:18:51
Last read 00:00:45, last write 00:00:44
Hold time is 180, keepalive interval is 60 seconds
Received 138 messages, 0 in queue
7 opens, 2 notifications, 7 updates
122 keepalives, 0 route refresh requests
Sent 140 messages, 0 in queue
Conguring BGP Fast Fall-Over
By default, a BGP session is governed by the hold time.
BGP routers typically carry large routing tables, so frequent session resets are not desirable. The BGP fast fall-over feature reduces the
convergence time while maintaining stability. The connection to a BGP peer is immediately reset if a link to a directly connected external
peer fails.
When you enable fall-over, BGP tracks IP reachability to the peer remote address and the peer local address. Whenever either address
becomes unreachable (for example, no active route exists in the routing table for peer IPv6 destinations/local address), BGP brings down
the session with the peer.
The BGP fast fall-over feature is congured on a per-neighbor or peer-group basis and is disabled by default.
To enable the BGP fast fall-over feature, use the following command.
• Enable BGP fast fall-over.
CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP mode
neighbor {ip-address | ipv6-address | peer-group-name} fall-over
To disable fast fall-over, use the [no] neighbor [ip-address | ipv6-address | peer-group] fall-over command
in CONFIGURATION ROUTER BGP mode.
Example conguration of BGP fast fall-over
DellEMC# configure terminal
DellEMC(conf)# router bgp 400
DellEMC(conf-_router_bgp)# address-family ipv4 multicast
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp-af)# neighbor 10.10.10.1 remote-as 500
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp-af)# neighbor 10.10.10.1 fall-over
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp-af)# exit
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp)#
To verify that you enabled fast fall-over on a particular BGP neighbor, use the show ip bgp neighbors command. Because fast fall-
over is disabled by default, it appears only if it has been enabled (shown in bold).
DellEMC#sh ip bgp neighbors
BGP neighbor is 10.10.10.1, remote AS 500, internal link
Member of peer-group test for session parameters
BGP version 4, remote router ID 30.30.30.5
BGP state ESTABLISHED, in this state for 00:19:15
Last read 00:00:15, last write 00:00:06
Hold time is 180, keepalive interval is 60 seconds
Received 52 messages, 0 notifications, 0 in queue
Sent 45 messages, 5 notifications, 0 in queue
Received 6 updates, Sent 0 updates
Route refresh request: received 0, sent 0
Minimum time between advertisement runs is 5 seconds
Minimum time before advertisements start is 0 seconds
Capabilities received from neighbor for IPv4 Unicast :
MULTIPROTO_EXT(1)
ROUTE_REFRESH(2)
CISCO_ROUTE_REFRESH(128)
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