Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family standby timer delay ● 13
Command Reference
standby timer delay
Purpose Use the standby timer delay command to set failover and fallback delays on
the interface, avoiding frequent switchover caused by instability of interface state.
Use the undo standby timer delay command to restore the default or 0,
meaning switching without delay.
Syntax standby timer delay enable-delay disable-delay
undo standby timer delay
Parameters enable-delay
Failover delay, or the delay for the interface to switch
its state from main to standby. Valid values are 0 to
65535 seconds.
disable-delay
Fallback delay, or the delay for the interface to switch
from backup to main. Valid values are 0 to 65535
seconds.
If not specified, the default is 0, meaning switching
without delay.
Example Configure interface Serial 0/0/0 to use interface Serial 1/0/0 for backup, and to
experience 10 seconds of delay before failover or fallback.
[3Com -Serial0/0/0] standby interface serial1/0/0
[3Com -Serial0/0/0] standby timer delay 10 10
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ Interface view
Description Before you can use this command, you must use the standby interface
command to specify physical interfaces or logical channels to back up the interface.