29.5.9 Graceful restart configuration

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(1) List of configuration commands

The following table lists the commands used to configure graceful restart.

Table 29-17: List of configuration commands
Command name	Description
bgp graceful-restart mode	Specify to use graceful restart. ^#1
bgp graceful-restart restart-time	Specifies the maximum time that a peer will wait to be reconnected after a neighboring router has commenced a graceful restart. ^#1
bgp graceful-restart stalepath-time	Specifies the maximum time that a peer will keep routes received before a graceful restart after the neighboring router has commenced a graceful restart. ^#1
routing options graceful-restart time-limit^#2	Specifies the maximum amount of time that the Switch holds routes.

Note #1: Commonly specified for both VRFs and the global network.
Note #2: See Configuration Command Reference Vol.2" "9 Routing Options (IPv4).

Points to note: To use graceful restart, set bgp graceful-restart mode command. Use config-router mode.

Command examples

(config)# router bgp 65531

(config-router)# bgp router-id 192.168.1.100

(config-router)# neighbor 3ffe:172:16:2::2 remote-as 65532

(config-router)# neighbor 3ffe:192:168:2::2 remote-as 65531

Configure the BGP4+ peers.
(config-router)# bgp graceful-restart mode both

Specifies that the graceful restart router and receive router functionality are to be used.
(config-router)# address-family ipv6

Places the router in config-router-af (ipv6) mode.
(config-router-af)# neighbor 3ffe:172:16:2::2 activate

(config-router-af)# neighbor 3ffe:192:168:2::2 activate

Enables the IPv6 address family.