Users Guide
Defaults none
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
timers bgp extended
Adjust the BGP idle holdtime for all the BGP neighbors.
Syntax
timers bgp extended idle-holdtime
To return to the default, use the no timers bgp extended command.
Parameters
extended idle-
holdtime
Enter a number for the time interval, in seconds, for the peer to be idle state. The range is
from 1 to 32767. The default is 15 seconds.
Defaults
The default idle-holdtime is 15 seconds.
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell EMC
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.14(0.0) Introduced on the C9010, MXL, FN IOM, S3100 series, S3048–ON, S4048–ON, S4048T-
ON, S5048F-ON, S6000, S6010–ON, S6100–ON, Z9100–ON, Z9500, and S6000–ON.
Usage Information
The peer remains in idle state based on the congured idle-holdtime. The less the idle-holdtime, lesser
the peer in idle state.
For the new idle-holdtime to take eect, you need to shutdown all the peers manually using neighbor
shutdown
command and enable the peers again.
366 Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)