Setting Timers

The NMC-RX application allows you to configure the timer settings for BGP neighbors.

To set the timers:

1. Click the Timers tab in the Create BGP Neighbor window.

The Timers tab moves to the front of the display.

2. In the Configured Parameters pane, activate the timers that you want to configure.
3. Set each BGP timer parameter (Table 25).

 Table 25:  BGP Timer Parameters 

 Parameter
 Description

 Keep Alive Interval (sec)

 Time interval in seconds for the keepalive timer established with this neighbor. If the value is zero, no periodic keepalive messages are sent to this neighbor after the BGP connection has been established; range 0-21845; default 30.


 Hold Timer (sec)

 Time interval in seconds for the hold time established with this neighbor. The hold time is the maximum time allowed between received messages. If it is not zero, this interval must not be less than 3 seconds; range 0-65535; default 90.


 Advertisement Interval (sec)

 Minimum time interval in seconds between router advertisements; range: 1-65535; default 30.


 Connect Retry Interval (sec)

 Amount of time in seconds to wait before the router attempts to reconnect to the BGP neighbor after failing to connect; range 1-65535; default 120.


 AS Origination Interval (sec)

 Minimum time between advertisement of changes within the speaker's AS; range 1-65535; default 10.