[c-nsp] Tuning HSRP timers for BGP routers

[mitch at stonernetworks.com]

Perhaps EEM is something that could be helpful here...

> We have a pair of Cisco 7204VXR with NPE-G2 running 15.1(4)M3. We are
> using
> default timers for the HSRP interfaces, and we are seeing nightly HSRP
> state
> changes. Not a lot, but 1-2 a night. This appears to only have started
> recently.  We are looking at logs, but I assume it's due to BGP cpu
> exhaustion. We don't see any L2 errors on the VLAN where the HSRP is
> running, so I don't think it's a physical problem.
>
>
>
> What timers do people use for HSRP on BGP routers as a practice?
> Obviously
> we want the smallest timers that would be possible.
>
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