3Com Switch 8800 Advanced Software V5 Configuration Guide

Tuning and Optimizing BGP Networks 443
Configure BGP
timers
Configure
keepalive
interval and
holdtime
timer keepalive
keepalive hold holdtime
Optional
The keepalive interval defaults
to 60 seconds, holdtime
defaults to 180 seconds.
Configure
keepalive
interval and
holdtime for a
peer/peer group
peer { group-name |
ip-address } timer
keepalive keepalive
hold holdtime
Configure the interval for sending
the same update to a peer/peer
group
peer { group-name |
ip-address }
route-update-interval
seconds
Optional
The intervals for sending the
same update to an IBGP peer
and an EBGP peer default to
15 seconds and 30 seconds
respectively.
Configure BGP
soft reset
Disable BGP
route-refresh
and
multi-protocol
extensions for a
peer/peer group
peer { group-name |
ip-address }
capability-advertise
conventional
Optional
Enabled by default
Enable BGP
route refresh for
a peer/peer
group
peer { group-name |
ip-address }
capability-advertise
route-refresh
Optional
Enabled by default
Keep all original
routes imported
from a
peer/peer group
regardless of
whether they
pass the
inbound
filtering policy
peer { group-name |
ip-address }
keep-all-routes
Optional
Not kept by default
Return to user
view
return -
Perform manual
soft reset on
BGP
connections
refresh bgp { all |
ip-address | group
group-name | external |
internal } { export |
import }
Required
Enter system
view
system-view -
Enter BGP view bgp as-number -
Clear the direct EBGP session on
any interface that becomes down
ebgp-interface-sensiti
ve
Optional
The function is enabled by
default
Perform MD5 authentication
when establishing a TCP
connection
peer { group-name |
ip-address } password {
cipher | simple }
password
Optional
Not performed by default
Configure the number of BGP load
balanced routes
balance number Optional
Load balancing is not enabled
by default.
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