System information

BSR 64000 Configuration and Management Guide
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holdtime – is the interval in seconds, after which, not receiving a keepalive or any
other BGP message, the BSR declares a BGP peer dead; default is 180 seconds.
To configure the keepalive frequency and holdtime interval for a BGP peer or
peer-group, use the neighbor timers command in Router BGP Configuration mode,
as shown below:
MOT(config-bgp)#neighbor [<ip-address> | <name>] timers <keepalive>
<holdtime>
where:
ip-address is the IP address of the BGP peer.
name is the name of the BGP peer group.
keepalive is the frequency, in seconds, that the BSR sends keepalive messages to
its peers. The default is 60 seconds.
holdtime is the interval a BSR waits to receive a keepalive message before it
declares a BGP peer dead. The default is 180 seconds.
Example
The commands in the following example, configure the keepalive frequency and
holdtime interval for BGP on a BSR and configure the keepalive frequency and
holdtime interval for a BGP peer:
MOT(config)#router bgp 100
MOT(config-bgp)#timers bgp 80 200
MOT(config-bgp)#neighbor 192.56.20.2 timers 80 200
Setting the Administrative Distance for a Route
An administrative distance is a rating of the trustworthiness of a routing information
source, such as a router or group of routers. The administrative distance is an integer
between 0 and 255 with a higher value indicating a lower trust rating. An
administrative distance of 255 denotes a routing information source that cannot be
trusted and should be ignored. Routes with distances of 255 are not installed in the
routing table.