Cisco IOS in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

standby timers — interface

Synopsis

standby [group] timers hello-seconds hold-seconds
no standby [group] timers hello-seconds hold-seconds

Configures

Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP)

Default

Group, 0; hello seconds, 3; hold seconds, 10

Description

This command allows you to change the hello and hold intervals for HSRP . If this router doesn’t hear from another router in this HSRP group for a period of hello-seconds, the other router is considered “down.” Once a router is declared “down,” it is considered down for a period of at least hold-seconds.