When creating Confederations, all the routers in the Confederation must be 4 byte
or 2 byte identified routers. You cannot mix them.
Where the 2-byte format is from 1 to 65535, the 4-byte format is from 1 to
4294967295. Both formats are accepted and the advertisements reflect the
entered format.
For more information about using the 2 byte or 4-byte format, refer to the Dell
Networking OS Configuration Guide.
This command automatically restarts the BGP instance for the configuration to
take effect.
bgp graceful-restart
To support graceful restart as a receiver only, enable graceful restart on a BGP neighbor, a BGP node, or
designate a local router.
S4820T
Syntax bgp graceful-restart [restart-time seconds] [stale-path-time
seconds] [role receiver-only]
To return to the default, use the no bgp graceful-restart command.
Parameters restart-time
seconds
Enter the keyword restart-time then the maximum
number of seconds to restart and bring-up all the peers. The
range is from 1 to 3600 seconds. The default is 120 seconds.
stale-path-time
seconds
Enter the keyword stale-path-time then the maximum
number of seconds to wait before restarting a peer’s stale
paths. The default is 360 seconds.
role receiver-
only
Enter the keyword role receiver-only to designate the
local router to support graceful restart as a receiver only.
Defaults as above
Command
Modes
ROUTER BGP
Command
History This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
422 Border Gateway Protocol