Users Guide

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 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.

neighbor timers

Set keepalive and hold time timers for a BGP neighbor or a peer group.

Syntax

neighbor {ipv6-address | peer-group-name} timers keepalive holdtime

To return to the default values, use the no neighbor {ipv6-address | peer-group-name}

timers command.

Parameters

ipv6-address Enter the IPv6 address in the x:x:x:x::x format.

NOTE: The :: notation species successive hexadecimal elds of zeros.

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