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300-410 Practice Question: The default BGP hold timer value in Cisco IOS-XE?
What is the default BGP hold timer value in Cisco IOS-XE?
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180 seconds
The default BGP hold timer is 180 seconds, as per RFC 4271 and Cisco IOS-XE defaults.
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90 seconds
Why it's wrong here
This is not the default hold timer for BGP.
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120 seconds
Why it's wrong here
This is the default hold timer for EIGRP, not BGP.
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180 seconds
Why this is correct
Correct. BGP hold timer defaults to 180 seconds.
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240 seconds
Why it's wrong here
This is not a standard BGP timer.
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