Operation Manual - Routing Protocol 
Quidway S3500 Series Ethernet Switches  Chapter 5  BGP Configuration
 
Huawei Technologies Proprietary 
5-7 
Table 5-6 Configuring timer of peer (group) 
Operation  Command 
Configure keep-alive message 
interval and hold timer of peer 
(group)
 
peer { group-name | peer-address }  timer 
keep-alive keepalive-interval  hold 
holdtime-interval}
 
Restore the default value of 
keep-alive message interval and 
hold timer of a peer (group)
 
undo peer { group-name | peer-address } 
timer
 
 
By default, the keep-alive message is sent every 60 seconds and the value of the hold 
timer is 180 seconds. 
VI. Configuring the interval at which route update messages are sent by a peer 
(group) 
Table 5-7 Configuring the interval at which route update messages are sent by a peer 
(group) 
Operation  Command 
Configure the route update message 
interval of a peer (group)
 
peer  {  peer-address | group-name } 
route-update-interval seconds
 
Restore the default route update 
message interval of a peer (group)
 
undo peer { peer-address | group-name } 
route-update-interval
 
 
By default, the intervals at which route update messages are sent by an IBGP and 
EBGP peer (group) are 5 seconds and 30 seconds respectively. 
5.2.3  Configuring application features of BGP peer (group) 
I. Configuring to Permit Connections with EBGP Peers (groups) on Indirectly 
Connected Networks 
Generally, EBGP peers must be connected physically. Otherwise the command below 
can be used to perform the configuration in order to make them communicate with each 
other normally. 
Table 5-8 Configuring to permit connections with EBGP peers (groups) on indirectly 
connected networks 
Operation  Command 
Configure to permit connections 
with EBGP peers (groups) on 
indirectly connected networks
 
peer {  peer-address | group-name } 
ebgp-max-hop [ ttl ]