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452 CHAPTER 30: CONFIGURING BGP
BGP peer advanced configuration includes the following steps:
1 Configure the connection between EBGP peers that are connected indirectly.
Table 511 Configure Connection Between EBGP Peers Connected Indirectly
By default, the BGP connection can be established with a directly connected peer
router.
2 Configure the BGP version of the peer.
Table 512 Configure the BGP Version of the Peer
By default, software accepts BGP Version 4.
3 Set the timers for the BGP peer.
Table 513 Set the Timers for BGP Peer
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.
4 Configure the BGP route-update interval.
Table 514 Configure BGP Route-update Interval
By default, the BGP route-update interval is 5 seconds.
5 Configure to send community attribute to the peer.
Delete a BGP peer undo peer peer-address as-number
as-number
Operation Command
Configure connection between EBGP
peers connected indirectly
peer peer-address ebgp-max-hop [
max-hop-count ]
Return to the default BGP connections to
external peers
undo peer peer-address ebgp-max-hop [
max-hop-count ]
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-address version
Operation Command
Set the timers for BGP peer peer peer-address timers
keepalive-interval holdtime-interval
Set the timers for BGP peer to default
value
undo peer peer-address timers
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