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Configuring BGP for IPv6 Configuring BGP
page 4-62 OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Advanced Routing Configuration Guide March 2015
IPv6 Peer Command Defaults
The following table lists the default values for many of the peer commands:
Parameter Description Command
Default Value/
Comments
Enables or disables BGP peer. ipv6 bgp neighbor admin-state disabled
Assigns an AS number to the
BGP peer.
ipv6 bgp neighbor remote-as 1
Configures the time interval for
updates between external BGP
peers.
ipv6 bgp neighbor advertisement-
interval
30 seconds
Enables or disables BGP peer
automatic restart.
ipv6 bgp neighbor auto-restart enabled
Configures this peer as a client to
the local route reflector.
ipv6 bgp neighbor route-reflector-
client
disabled
The interval, in seconds,
between
BGP retries to set up a
connection via the transport
protocol with another peer.
ipv6 bgp neighbor conn-retry-interval 120 seconds
Enables or disables BGP peer
default origination.
ipv6 bgp neighbor default-originate disabled
Configures the tolerated hold
time interval, in seconds, for this
peer’s session, and timer interval
between KEEPALIVE messages
sent to this peer.
ipv6 bgp neighbor timers hold time - 90 seconds
keep alive - 30 seconds
Configures the maximum number
of prefixes, or paths, the local
router can receive from this peer
in UPDATE messages.
ipv6 bgp neighbor maximum-prefix 5000
Enable or disables maximum
prefix warning for a peer.
ipv6 bgp neighbor maximum-prefix
warning-only
80 percent
Allows external peers to
communicate with each other
even when they are not directly
connected.
ipv6 bgp neighbor ebgp-multihop disabled
Configures the BGP peer name. ipv6 bgp neighbor description peer IPv6 address
Sets the BGP peer to use its own
peering address as the next hop in
UPDATE messages.
ipv6 bgp neighbor next-hop-self disabled
Configures the local BGP
speaker to wait for this peer to
establish a connection.
ipv6 bgp neighbor passive disabled