Command Reference Guide

SROS Command Line Interface Reference Guide BGP Neighbor Configuration Command Set

hold-timer <hold time>

Use the hold-timer command to set the default hold time for all neighbors in the BGP process.

Syntax Description

<hold time> Specifies a time interval (in seconds) within which a keepalive must be received

from a peer before it is declared dead peer. Range: 0 to 65535

Default Values

By default, the hold time is 90 seconds.

Command Modes

(config-bgp)# BGP Configuration Mode

(config-bgp-neighbor)# BGP Neighbor Configuration Mode

Functional Notes

Using the hold-timer command in BGP configuration mode sets the default hold time for all neighbors in

that BGP process. Using the hold-timer command in BGP neighbor configuration mode sets the hold time

for only that neighbor. The peers will negotiate and use the lowest configured setting. The keepalive

interval will be set to one third of the negotiated hold time.

Usage Examples

The following example sets a hold time of 120 seconds for a specific neighbor, with an understood

keepalive interval of 40 seconds:

(config-bgp-neighbor)#hold-timer 120