Supported Platforms
Related Documentation
- EX Series, QFX Series standalone switches
- failover
- graceful-switchover
- on-loss-of-keepalives
- EX Series
- High Availability Features for EX Series Switches Overview
keepalive-time
Syntax
Hierarchy Level
Release Information
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 9.2 for EX Series switches.
Description
Configure the time period that must elapse before the backup router takes mastership when it detects loss of the keepalive signal.
Default
The on-loss-of-keepalives statement at the [edit chassis redundancy failover] hierarchy level must be included for failover to occur.
When the on-loss-of-keepalives statement is included and graceful Routing Engine switchover is not configured, failover occurs after 300 seconds (5 minutes).
When the on-loss-of-keepalives statement is included and graceful Routing Engine switchover is configured, the keepalive signal is automatically enabled and the failover time is set to 2 seconds.
Options
seconds—Time before the backup router takes mastership when it detects loss of the keepalive signal. The range of values is 2 through 10,000.
Required Privilege Level
interface—To view this statement in the configuration.
interface-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
Related Documentation
- EX Series, QFX Series standalone switches
- failover
- graceful-switchover
- on-loss-of-keepalives
- EX Series
- High Availability Features for EX Series Switches Overview
Published: 2014-04-25
Supported Platforms
Related Documentation
- EX Series, QFX Series standalone switches
- failover
- graceful-switchover
- on-loss-of-keepalives
- EX Series
- High Availability Features for EX Series Switches Overview
