Nortel Networks 40M2420 manual Cfg/l3/bgp/peer peer number, BGP Peer Configuration, Redist

Alteon OS Command Reference

/cfg/l3/bgp/peer <peer number>

BGP Peer Configuration

[BGP Peer 1 Menu]

redist	- Redistribution menu
addr	- Set remote IP address
ras	- Set remote autonomous system number
hold	- Set hold time
alive	- Set keep alive time
advert	- Set min time between advertisements
retry	- Set connect retry interval
orig	- Set min time between route originations
ttl	- Set time-to-live of IP datagrams
addi	- Add rmap into in-rmap list
addo	- Add rmap into out-rmap list
remi	- Remove rmap from in-rmap list
remo	- Remove rmap from out-rmap list
enable	- Enable peer
disable	- Disable peer
delete	- Delete peer
cur	- Display current peer configuration

This menu is used to configure BGP peers, which are border routers that exchange routing information with routers on internal and external networks. The peer option is disabled by default.

Table 6-81BGP Peer Configuration Menu Options (/cfg/l3/bgp/peer)

Command Syntax and Usage

redist

Displays BGP Redistribution Menu. To view the menu options, see page 283.

addr <IP address (such as 192.4.17.101)>

Defines the IP address for the specified peer (border router), using dotted decimal notation. The default address is 0.0.0.0.

ras <AS number (1-65535)>

Sets the remote autonomous system number for the specified peer.

hold <hold time (0, 3-65535)>

Sets the period of time, in seconds, that will elapse before the peer session is torn down because the switch hasn’t received a “keep alive” message from the peer. The default value is 180 seconds.

alive <keep alive time (0-21845)>

Sets the keep-alive time for the specified peer, in seconds. The default value is 60 seconds.

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