Administrator Guide

neighbor subnet
Enable passive peering so that the members of the peer group are dynamic.
Z-Series
Syntax
neighbor peer-group-name subnet subnet-number mask
To remove passive peering, use the no neighbor peer-group-name subnet subnet-number
mask command.
Parameters
subnet-number
Enter a subnet number in dotted decimal format (A.B.C.D.) as the allowable range
of addresses included in the Peer group.
To allow all addresses, enter 0.0.0.0/0.
mask Enter a prefix mask in / prefix-length format (/x).
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. 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.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
neighbor timers
Set keepalive and hold time timers for a BGP neighbor or a peer group.
Z-Series
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-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
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