keepalive
keepalive
To enable keepalive for a tunnel interface, use the keepalive command. To remove keepalive, use the no form
of this command.
keepalive [time_in_seconds [ retry_num ]]
no keepalive
Syntax Description
time_in_seconds
retry_num
Command Default
None
Command Modes
interface configuration
Command History
Release
Release 4.2.0
Usage Guidelines
To use this command, you must be in a user group associated with a task group that includes appropriate task
IDs. If the user group assignment is preventing you from using a command, contact your AAA administrator
for assistance.
Use the keepalive command to enable keepalive for a tunnel interface.
Task ID
Task ID
interface
Examples
The following example shows how to configure interface tunnel:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# configure
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(config)# interface tunnel-ip 400
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(config-if)# keepalive 30
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router VPN and Ethernet Services Command Reference, Release
6.1.x
40
Specifies the frequency (in seconds) at which keepalive check is performed. The
default is 10 seconds. The minimum value is 1 second.
Specifies the number of keepalive retries before declaring that a tunnel destination
is unreachable. The default is 3 retries. The minimum value is 1 retry.
Modification
This command was introduced.
Operations
read, write
Generic Routing Encapsulation Commands