3Com 10014299 manual Configure the BGP Version of the Peer, Set the Timers for BGP Peer

452CHAPTER 30: CONFIGURING BGP

Delete a BGP peer

undo peer peer-addressas-number

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BGP peer advanced configuration includes the following steps:

1Configure the connection between EBGP peers that are connected indirectly.

Table 511 Configure Connection Between EBGP Peers Connected Indirectly

Operation	Command
Configure connection between EBGP	peer peer-addressebgp-max-hop [
peers connected indirectly	max-hop-count ]
Return to the default BGP connections to	undo peer peer-addressebgp-max-hop [
external peers	max-hop-count ]

By default, the BGP connection can be established with a directly connected peer router.

2Configure the BGP version of the peer.

Table 512 Configure the BGP Version of the Peer

Operation	Command
Configure the BGP version of the peer	peer peer-address version
	version-number
Unconfigure the BGP version of the peer	undo peer peer-addressversion

By default, software accepts BGP Version 4.

3Set the timers for the BGP peer.

Table 513 Set the Timers for BGP Peer

Operation	Command
Set the timers for BGP peer	peer peer-address timers
	keepalive-interval holdtime-interval
Set the timers for BGP peer to default	undo peer peer-addresstimers
value

By default, the value of keepalive-interval is 60 seconds, the value of holdtime-interval is 180 seconds.

Caution: The timer configured with this command is of higher preference than that configured with the timers command.

4Configure the BGP route-update interval.

Table 514 Configure BGP Route-update Interval

Operation	Command
Configure BGP route-update interval	peer peer-address
	route-update-interval seconds
Restore BGP route-update interval	undo peer peer-address
	route-update-interval

By default, the BGP route-update interval is 5 seconds.

5Configure to send community attribute to the peer.