Users Guide

Version Description
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
7.4.1.0 Introduced.
Usage Information
This command enables soft-reconguration for the BGP neighbor specied. BGP stores all the updates the
neighbor receives but does not reset the peer-session.
You cannot set this conguration for a peer that is associated with a peer group. Similarly, you cannot
associate a peer to a peer group if that peer is already congured with these settings.
CAUTION: Inbound update storage is a memory-intensive operation. The entire BGP update
database from the neighbor is stored in memory regardless of the inbound policy results applied on
the neighbor.
NOTE: This command is supported in BGP Router Conguration mode for IPv4 Unicast address
only.
Related Commands show ip bgp neighbors — displays routes received by a neighbor.
neighbor timers
Set keepalive and hold time timers for a BGP neighbor or a peer group.
S4820T
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} timers keepalive holdtime
To return to the default values, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name}
timers command.
Parameters
ip-address Enter the IP address of the peer router in dotted decimal format.
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
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. 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.
Border Gateway Protocol
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