Reference Guide

Defaults
• keepalive = 60 seconds
• holdtimer = 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.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.4.2.1 Introduced on the C-Series and S4810.
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series TeraScale.
Related
Commands
neighbor timers – adjusts BGP timers for a specific peer or peer group.
IPv6 MBGP Commands
Multiprotocol BGP (MBGP) is an enhanced BGP that enables multicast routing policy throughout the
Internet and connecting multicast topologies between BGP and autonomous systems (AS). The Dell
Networking OS MBGP is implemented as per IETF RFC 1858.
address family
This command changes the context to subsequent address family identifier (SAFI).
Syntax
address family ipv6 unicast
To remove SAFI context, use the no address family ipv6 unicast
command.
Parameters
ipv6 Enter the keyword ipv6 to specify the address family as
IPv6.
unicast Enter the keyword unicast to specify multicast as SAFI.
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IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP)