Administrator Guide

timers 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 ROUTER BGP
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. 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, and S6000–ON.
Usage Information
The peer remains in idle state based on the configured idle holdtime. The less the idle holdtime, less
the peer in idle state.
For the new idle holdtime to take effect, you need to shutdown the respective peer manually using neighbor
shutdown command and enable the peer again.
neighbor update-source
Enable the E-Series software to use Loopback interfaces for TCP connections for BGP sessions.
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} update-source interface
To use the closest interface, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} update-
source interface 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 disable all routers within the peer group.
interface Enter the keyword loopback then a number of the Loopback interface. The range is
from 0 to 16383.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell EMC
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S6010-ON and S4048T-ON.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S3148.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S6100-ON.
9.8(2.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
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