Reference Guide

Command
Modes
• EXEC
• EXEC Privilege
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
timers bgp
Allows you to adjust the BGP network timers for all neighbors.
S5000
Syntax
timers bgp keepalive holdtimer
To return to the default values, use the no timers bgp command.
Parameters
keepalive Enter the time interval (in seconds) between keepalive
messages. The range is 1 to 65535. The default is 60
seconds.
holdtimer Enter the time interval (in seconds) that the S5000 waits
since the last keepalive message before declaring a BGP peer
dead. The range is 3 to 65535. The default is 180 seconds.
Defaults
• keepalive = 60 seconds
• holdtimer = 180 seconds
Command
Modes
ROUTER BGP
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
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.
768
IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP)