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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-8413-07, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 13 K Commands
keepalive
keepalive
To configure the message keepalive interval for the IKE protocol, use the keepalive command in IKE
configuration submode. To revert to the default, use the no form of the command.
keepalive seconds
no keepalive [seconds]
Syntax Description
Defaults 3600 seconds or 1 hour.
Command Modes IKE configuration submode.
Command History
Usage Guidelines The keepalive interface only applies to IKE version 2 tunnels.
To use this command, the IKE protocol must be enabled using the crypto ike enable command.
Examples The following example shows how to configure the keepalive interval.
switch# config terminal
switch(config)# crypto ike domain ipsec
switch(config-ike-ipsec)# keepalive 7200
Related Commands
seconds Specifies the number of seconds for the keepalive interval. The range is 120
to 86400.
Release Modification
2.0(x) This command was introduced.
Command Description
crypto ike domain ipsec Enters IKE configuration mode.
crypto ike enable Enables the IKE protocol.
show crypto ike domain ipsec Displays IKE information for the IPsec domain.