A senior network designer suggests that you should improve network convergence times by reducing BGP...

Reducing BGP keepalive and hold timers can help improve convergence but must be done carefully in provider-managed networks:

A: The service provider must agree to support modified timers on both PE and CE; otherwise, mismatched timer settings can break neighbor relationships.

C: The service provider may need to schedule configuration changes on PE routers to synchronize the timer adjustments and avoid service interruptions.

Why other options are incorrect:

B: Peer groups simplify policy application but do not impact BGP timers directly.

D: The number of routes affects convergence processing but not directly tied to timer adjustment.

E: The number of VRFs is a scalability consideration but unrelated to BGP timer negotiation.

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