DELL 9.8(0.0) User Manual

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Commands
 — configures a confederation ID.
 — enables 4-byte support for the BGP process.
bgp dampening
Enable BGP route dampening and configure the dampening parameters.
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Syntax
bgp dampening [half-life reuse suppress max-suppress-time
[route-map map-name]
To disable route dampening, use the no bgp dampening [half-life reuse 
suppress max-suppress-time
] [route-map map-name] command.
Parameters
half-life
(OPTIONAL) Enter the number of minutes after which the 
Penalty is decreased. After the router assigns a Penalty of 
1024 to a route, the Penalty is decreased by half after the 
half-life period expires. The range is from 1 to 45. The default 
is 15 minutes.
reuse
(OPTIONAL) Enter a number as the reuse value, which is 
compared to the flapping route’s Penalty value. If the Penalty 
value is less than the reuse value, the flapping route is once 
again advertised (or no longer suppressed). The range is from 
1 to 20000. The default is 750.
suppress
(OPTIONAL) Enter a number as the suppress value, which is 
compared to the flapping route’s Penalty value. If the Penalty 
value is greater than the suppress value, the flapping route is 
no longer advertised (that is, it is suppressed). The range is 
from 1 to 20000. The default is 2000.
max-suppress-
time
(OPTIONAL) Enter the maximum number of minutes a route 
can be suppressed. The default is four times the half-life 
value. The range is from 1 to 255. The default is 60 minutes.
route-map 
map-name
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword route-map then the name 
of a configured route map.
Only match commands in the configured route map are 
supported.
Defaults
Disabled.
Command 
Modes
• ROUTER BGP
• ROUTER BGP-address-family
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