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300-410 Practice Question: The default BGP hold timer value in an MPLS L3VPN…
What is the default BGP hold timer value in an MPLS L3VPN deployment on Cisco IOS-XE?
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180 seconds
The default BGP hold timer is 180 seconds, meaning a peer is declared dead if no keepalive or update is received within that interval.
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60 seconds
Why it's wrong here
This is the keepalive timer, not the hold timer.
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90 seconds
Why it's wrong here
This is not a default BGP timer value.
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120 seconds
Why it's wrong here
This is not the default hold timer; it is sometimes used in iBGP but not default.
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180 seconds
Why this is correct
Correct. The default hold timer is 180 seconds.
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MPLS L3VPN Basics
Key term
LDP Protocol
LDP, or Label Distribution Protocol, is a protocol that routers use to automatically exchange labels that enable MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) to create fast, efficient paths for data packets across a network.
Key term
MPLS Layer 3 VPN
A technology that uses Multiprotocol Label Switching to create secure, scalable virtual private networks that connect multiple sites at the network layer, where the service provider manages routing between customer sites.
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