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Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS Unicast Routing Command Reference
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Chapter Unicast Routing Commands
dead-interval (OSPF virtual link)
dead-interval (OSPF virtual link)
To set the interval during which at least one hello packet must be received from a neighbor on an Open
Shortest Path First (OSPF) virtual link before the router declares that neighbor as down, use the
dead
interva
l command. To restore the default, use the
no
form of this command.
dead-interval
seconds
no dead-interval
Syntax Description
Command Default
40 seconds
Command Modes
Virtual link configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines
The dead interval advertised in OSPF hello packets must be the same for all networking devices on the
virtual link. The default value for
seconds
is four times the interval set by the
hello-interval
command.
You can configure a shorter dead interval (
seconds
) to detect a down neighbor faster and improve
convergence. A shorter dead interval may lead to virtual link instability by incorrectly declaring a slow
neighbor as down.
Use the
show ip ospf virtual-links
command to verify the dead interval.
This command requires the LAN Base Services license.
Examples
This example shows how to configure the OSPF dead interval to 20 seconds:
switch#
configure terminal
switch(config)#
ospf 201
switch(config-router)#
area 99 virtual-link 192.0.2.4
switch(config-router-vlink)#
dead-interval 20
switch(config-router-vlink)#
seconds
Interval (in seconds) during which the router must receive at least one hello
packet from a neighbor or that neighbor is removed from the peer list and
does not participate in routing. The range is from 1 to 65535. The value must
be the same for all nodes on the virtual link.
Release
Modification
5.0(3)A1(1)
This command was introduced.
