BGP timers are configured.
The proper maximum interval at which Keepalive messages are sent is one third the
holdtime and is not less than one second. If the holdtime is not set to 0, it is 3s at least.
By default, the
keepalive-time
value is 60s and the
hold-time
value is 180s.
NOTE
Setting the Keepalive time to 20s is recommended. If the Keepalive time is smaller than 20s,
sessions between peers may be closed.
When setting values of
keepalive-time
and
hold-time
, note the following points:
–
The
keepalive-time
and
hold-time
values cannot be both set to 0. Otherwise, the
BGP timers become invalid, meaning that BGP will not send Keepalive messages
to detect connection status.
–
The
hold-time
value cannot be much greater than the
keepalive-time
value. For
example,
keepalive-time
cannot be set to 1 while
hold-time
is set to 65535. If the
hold-time
value is too large, BGP cannot detect connection status in time.
After a connection is established between peers, the
keepalive-time
and
hold-time
values are negotiated by the peers. The smaller one of the
hold-time
values carried by
Open messages of both peers is taken as the
hold-time
value. The smaller of one third
of the
hold-time
value and the locally configured
keepalive-time
value is taken as the
keepalive-time
value.
l
Configure timers for a specific peer or peer group.
Perform the following steps on a BGP switch:
1.
Run:
system-view
The system view is displayed.
2.
Run:
bgp
as-number
The BGP view is displayed.
3.
Run:
peer
{
ipv4-address
|
group-name
}
timer
keepalive
keepalive-time
hold
hold-time
The Keepalive and hold timer values are set for a specific peer or peer group.
For information about the relationship between the
keepalive-time
and
hold-time
values, see
Configure BGP timers for all peers or peer groups
.
NOTE
Setting the Keepalive time to 20s is recommended. If the Keepalive time is smaller than 20s,
sessions between peers may be closed.
Timers set for a specific peer or peer group takes precedence over timers set for all
peers or peer groups.
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7.12.4 Configuring a MinRouteAdvertisementIntervalTimer
A proper MinRouteAdvertisementIntervalTimer can be configured to suppress frequent route
changes, improving BGP network stability.
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