Keepalive - Dell Z9500 Command Reference Manual

keepalive

Send keepalive packets periodically to keep an interface alive when it is not transmitting data.
Z9500
Syntax
keepalive [seconds]
To stop sending keepalive packets, use the no keepalive command.
Parameters
seconds
Defaults Enabled.
Command INTERFACE
Modes
Command
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
History
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version
9.2(1.0)
8.3.19.0
8.3.11.1
8.3.7.0
8.1.1.2
7.6.1.0
7.5.1.0
6.1.1.0
Usage When you configure keepalive, the system sends a self-addressed packet out of
Information
the configured interface to verify that the far end of a WAN link is up. When you
configure no keepalive, the system does not send keepalive packets and so the
local end of a WAN link remains up even if the remote end is down.
Interfaces
(OPTIONAL) For interfaces with PPP encapsulation enabled,
enter the number of seconds between keepalive packets.
The range is from 0 to 23767. The default is 10 seconds.
Description
Introduced on the Z9500.
Introduced on the S4820T.
Introduced on the Z9000.
Introduced on the S4810.
Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Introduced on the S-Series.
Introduced on the C-Series.
Introduced on the E-Series.
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