1/10 and 10-Gigabit Layer 2/3 Ethernet Switches User’s Manual
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Neighbors
Clicking the NEIGHBORS tab brings up the BGP PEER CONFIGURATION page
(Figure 5-127), which allows you to configre BGP Neighbors. The parameters for this
page are shown in Table 5-108.
Figure 5-127. BGP Peer Configuration Page
Table 5-108. BGP Peer Configuration Page Parameters
Parameter Description
IP Address This parameter specifies the IP address of the BGP neighbor.
EBGP MultiHop
By enabling this feature, BGP connections can be established between peers,
which are not directly connected.
Next Hop
Using this parameter, next Hop can be set as Self or Automatic. By setting this
field to Self, you can make the switch the next hop for all the routes that it
distributes to its peers.
Keep Alive Time
(Seconds)
This parameter specifies the maximum time interval between successive
updates between any two BGP peers. The allowed value ranges from 0 to
21845.
Hold Time (Seconds)
This parameter specifies the Hold time. This is the timer interval that a BGP will
wait, before it decides that a connection to the peer is torn down. The allowed
value ranges from 3 to 65535.
Remote AS
This parameter represents the remote autonomous system number. The allowed
value ranges from 0 to 65535.
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Interval (seconds)
This parameter specifies the interval in seconds for the Minimum Route
advertisement interval timer. The allowed value ranges from 1 to 65535.
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