[c-nsp] bgp keepalive/hold timers on ethernet links

[Saku Ytti]

On (2005-08-31 10:08 -0700), matthew zeier wrote:
> 
> > Fire the PHB because he's meddling with engineering tasks he obviously
> > has no clue about.
> 
> He's the owner :|
> 
> > There's something in the works called BFD that may help your situation. 
> > Last I checked it was at I-D stage.
> 
> My router is a 7606 running 12.2(18)SXD5 and it doesn't appear that's 
> supported on that platform/release yet.

It's supported by SXE, but not for BGP, probably due to fall-over on
IGP isn't supported either by 7600 yet. 

LAB-P2(config-router)#neighbor 1.2.3.4 timers 1 3 
% Warning: A hold time of less than 20 seconds increases
  the chances of peer flapping

This is what GSR equipped with GRP-B suggests. Which seems overly
conservative to me, but I've chosen to obey it.

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  ++ytti