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300-410 Practice Question: The default BGP keepalive timer value in Cisco…
What is the default BGP keepalive timer value in Cisco IOS-XE?
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60 seconds
The default BGP keepalive timer is 60 seconds, as defined in RFC 4271 and implemented in Cisco IOS-XE.
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30 seconds
Why it's wrong here
This is the default hold timer for OSPF, not BGP.
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60 seconds
Why this is correct
Correct. BGP keepalive defaults to 60 seconds.
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90 seconds
Why it's wrong here
This is not a standard BGP timer.
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180 seconds
Why it's wrong here
This is the default BGP hold timer, not keepalive.
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