Use this command to configure the initial connection retry time for a specific neighbor. If a neighbor does not respond to an initial TCP connection attempt, LCOS SX retries three times. The first retry is after the retry interval configured with neighbor connect-retry-interval. Each subsequent retry doubles the previous retry interval. So by default, the TCP connection is retried after 2, 4, and 8 seconds. If none of the retries is successful, the adjacency is reset to the IDLE state and the IDLE hold timer is started. BGP skips the retries and transitions to IDLE state if TCP returns an error, such as destination unreachable, on a connection attempt.
Issue this command in Peer Template Configuration Mode to add it to a peer template.
| Default | 2 seconds |
| Format | neighbor {ip-address | ipv6-address [interface interface-name] | autodetect interface interface-name} connect-retry-interval retry-time |
| Mode | BGP Router Config |
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| ip-address | The neighbor's IP address. |
| ipv6-address [interface interface- name] | The neighbor's IPv6 address. If the neighbor's IPv6 address is a link local address, the local interface must also be specified. |
| autodetect interface interface-name | The routing interface on which the neighbor's link local iPv6 address is auto-detected. |
| retry-time | The number of seconds to wait before attempting to establish a TCP connection with a neighbor after a previous attempt failed. |
