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designated-forwarder-election-hold-time

Syntax

Hierarchy Level

Description

Set the time that the device waits before electing a designated forwarder (DF).

Customer edge (CE) devices require a DF when they are multihomed to more than one provider edge (PE) device. Without a designated forwarder, multihomed hosts would receive duplicate packets. The multihomed peer devices choose DFs for an Ethernet segment identifier (ESI) based on EVPN Type 4 route advertisements. EVPN Type 4 routes are called Ethernet segment routes.

Options

seconds

Time in seconds that a multihomed CE device waits before electing a DF based on the EVPN Type 4 routes it receives.

  • Range: 1 through 1800

Required Privilege Level

interface—To view this statement in the configuration.

interface-control—To add this statement to the configuration.

Release Information

Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 14.1X53-D15.