3Com Switch 8800 Family Configuration Guide

368 CHAPTER 33: BGP CONFIGURATION
By default, the Keep-alive message is sent every 60 seconds and the value of the
hold timer is 180 seconds.
Configuring the interval at which route update messages are sent by a
peer group
By default, the intervals at which route update messages are sent by an IBGP and
EBGP peer group are 5 seconds and 30 seconds respectively
Configuring application
features of a BGP peer
(group)
Configuring to permit connections with EBGP peer groups on indirectly
connected networks
Generally, EBGP peers must be connected physically. Otherwise the command
below can be used to perform the configuration to make them communicate with
each other normally.
Perform the following configuration in BGP view.
By default, only the connections with EBGP peer groups on directly connected
networks are permitted. ttl refers to time-to-live in the range of 1 to 255 with the
default value as 64.
Configuring an IBGP peer group to be a client of a route reflector
Perform the following configuration in BGP view.
Restore the default value of keep-alive
message interval and hold timer of a peer
(group)
undo peer { group-name | peer-address }
timer
Tabl e 355 Configure the interval at which route update messages are sent by a peer
group
Operation Command
Configure the route update message interval
of a peer group
peer group-name route-update-interval
seconds
Restore the default route update message
interval of a peer group
undo peer group-name
route-update-interval
Table 354 Configure timer of a peer (group)
Operation Command
Tabl e 356 Configure to permit connections with EBGP peer groups on indirectly
connected networks
Operation Command
Configure to permit connections with EBGP
peer groups on indirectly connected networks
peer group-name ebgp-max-hop [ ttl ]
Configure to permit connections with EBGP
peer groups on directly connected network
only
undo peer group-name ebgp-max-hop
Tabl e 357 Configure an IGMP peer group to be a client of a route reflector
Operation Command
Configure a peer group to be a client of a
route reflector
peer group-name reflect-client