Users Guide

Version Description
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series. Added support for the 4-byte format.
Usage Information
All the routers in the Confederation must be 4 byte or 2 byte identied routers. You cannot mix them.
The autonomous systems congured in this command are visible to the EBGP neighbors. Each autonomous
system is fully meshed and contains a few connections to other autonomous systems.
After specifying autonomous systems numbers for the BGP confederation, recycle the peers to update their
conguration.
Related Commands
bgp confederation identier — congures a confederation ID.
bgp four-octet-as-support — enables 4-byte support for the BGP process.
bgp connection-retry-timer
Congures the BGP connection retry timer.
Syntax
bgp connection-retry-timer retry-timer-value
To return to the default conguration, enter the no connection-retry-timer retry-timer-
value command.
Parameters
retry-timer-value Enter a value that denotes the time interval after which the session retries the
connection. The valid range is from 10 to 65535.
Defaults 60 seconds.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. 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 Description
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.4.(0.0) Introduced on the S4810.
Border Gateway Protocol
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