ADTRAN AOS Version R10.1.0 Command Reference Manual page 2883

Command Reference Guide
hold-timer <value>
Use the hold-timer command to set the default hold time for the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) neighbor
on either the default or nondefault VPN routing and forwarding (VRF) instance.
Syntax Description
<value>
Default Values
By default, the hold time is 180 seconds.
Command History
Release 8.1
Release 18.3
Functional Notes
The hold-timer command can be used to specify the hold timer for the BGP neighbor on either the default
or nondefault VRF instance. If the neighbor is to be created on a nondefault VRF instance, the VRF
instance must first be created using the command
have created the nondefault VRF instance, you can configure the BGP neighbor settings for the VRF
instance using the command
example, to configure the BGP neighbor characteristics for the nondefault VRF instance RED1, enter the
following commands:
(config)#vrf RED1 route-distinguisher ip 192.17.250.24:33
(config)#router bgp 100
(config-bgp)#vrf RED1
(config-bgp-vrf)#neighbor 10.20.1.1
(config-bgp-vrf-neighbor)#
For more information about VRF and Multi-VRF BGP configuration, refer to the configuration guides
Configuring IPv4 Multi-VRF in AOS (article number 2156) and Configuring BGP in AOS for Releases
18.03.00/R10.1.0 or Later (article number 3524) available online at https://supportforums.adtran.com.
Using the hold-timer command in BGP Neighbor Configuration mode sets the hold time for only that
neighbor. The peers will negotiate and use the lowest configured setting. The keepalive interval will be set
to one-third of the negotiated hold time.
60000CRG0-35E
Specifies a time interval (in seconds) within which a keepalive must be
received from a peer before that peer is declared dead. Range is 0 to
65535 seconds.
Command was introduced.
Command was incorporated into Multi-VRF BGP functionality.
vrf <name> route-distinguisher on page
vrf <name> on page 2877
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BGP Neighbor Command Set
from the router's BGP Configuration mode. For
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