timer connect-retry

Function

The timer connect-retry command sets a global ConnectRetry interval.

The undo timer connect-retry command restores the default setting.

By default, the ConnectRetry interval is 32s.

Format

timer connect-retry connect-retry-time

undo timer connect-retry

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
connect-retry-time	Specifies a ConnectRetry interval.	The value is an integer that ranges from 1 to 65535, in seconds.

Views

BGP view

Default Level

2: Configuration level

Usage Guidelines

Usage Scenario

When BGP initiates a TCP connection, the ConnectRetry timer is stopped if the TCP connection is established successfully. If the first attempt to establish a TCP connection fails, BGP tries again to establish the TCP connection after the ConnectRetry timer expires. The ConnectRetry interval can be adjusted as needed.

The ConnectRetry interval can be reduced in order to lessen the time BGP waits to retry establishing a TCP connection after the first attempt fails.
To suppress route flapping caused by constant peer flapping, the ConnectRetry interval can be increased to accelerate route convergence.

Precautions

A ConnectRetry interval can be configured globally, or on a particular peer or peer group. A ConnectRetry interval configured on a specific peer or peer group takes precedence over a global ConnectRetry interval.

If both the peer { group-name | ipv4-address | ipv6-address } timer connect-retry connect-retry-time command and the timer connect-retry connect-retry-time command are run on a device, the configuration of the peer { group-name | ipv4-address | ipv6-address } timer connect-retry connect-retry-time command takes effect, but the configuration of the timer connect-retry connect-retry-time command does not.

Example

# Set a global BGP ConnectRetry interval to 60s.

<HUAWEI> system-view

[HUAWEI] bgp 100

[HUAWEI-bgp] timer connect-retry 60