Command Manual – Routing Protocol
Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches Chapter 2 RIP Configuration Commands
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2.1.22 timers
Syntax
timers { update update-timer-length | timeout timeout-timer-length } *
undo timers { update | timeout } *
View
RIP view
Parameter
update-timer-length: Value of the Period Update timer, ranging from 1 to 3600 seconds.
By default, it is 30 seconds.
timeout-timer-length: Value of the Timeout timer, ranging from 1 to 3600 seconds. By
default, it is 180 seconds.
Description
Use the timers command to modify the values of the three RIP timers: Period Update,
Timeout, and Garbage-collection.
Use the undo timers command to restore the default settings.
By default, the values of Period Update, Timeout, and Garbage-collection timers are 30
seconds, 180 seconds, and 120 seconds respectively.
Generally, it is regarded that the value of Garbage-collection timer is fixed to four times
of that of Period Update timer. Adjusting Period Update timer will affect
Garbage-collection timer.
The modification of RIP timers is validated immediately.
Related command: display rip.
Example
# Set the values of Period Update timer and Timeout timer of RIP to 10 seconds and 30
seconds respectively.
[Quidway] rip
[Quidway-rip] timers update 10 timeout 30