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Configuring BGP on SteelHead SD
5. Under BGP neighbors, click Add BGP Neighbor .
Figure 7-1. Creating a BGP neighbor
6. Specify a name for the BGP neighbor.
7. Specify the IP address of the BGP neighbor.
8. Specify the remote AS number that the BGP peer belongs to: for example, 200. The range is from 1
to 4294967295.
9. The remainder of the BGP attributes are provided by default. They can be changed based on your
administrator settings. Optionally, fill out these BGP neighbor attributes:
– Password - Optionally, type a password to enable MD5 authentication. You must use the same
password on both BGP neighbors. If you do not require MD5 authentication, you can leave this
field blank.
– Click the eye icon to see the password as you type. The view persists until you click the eye icon
again to hide the password.
– Keep Alive Time - Optionally, specify the amount of time, in seconds, that the eBGP neighbors
exchange keepalive messages to determine whether a link has failed or is no longer available.
The neighbors exchange keepalive messages often enough so that the hold time doesn’t expire.
The default setting is 60.
– Hold Time - Optionally, specify the amount of time, in seconds, that a gateway neighbor waits
for an incoming keepalive, update, or notification message from a neighbor before it assumes its
neighbor is down. If the gateway doesn’t receive a keepalive, update, or notification message
from its neighbor within the period specified, it closes the connection and routing through that
neighbor becomes unavailable.
A 0 value means that no keepalive messages are sent and the connection will never close. The
hold-time range is from 0 to 65535. The default setting is 180.