Dell C1048P Port Extender Networking Command-Line Reference Guide for the C900 - Page 426

Version 8.3.11.1 8.3.7.0 7.8.1.0 7.7.1.0 Description Introduced on the Z9000. Introduced on the S4810. Introduced on the S-Series. Introduced on the C-Series. Added support for the 4-byte format. Usage Information All the routers in the Confederation must be 4 byte or 2 byte identified routers. You cannot mix them. The autonomous systems configured in this command are visible to the EBGP neighbors. Each autonomous system is fully meshed and contains a few connections to other autonomous systems. After specifying autonomous systems numbers for the BGP confederation, recycle the peers to update their configuration. This command automatically restarts the BGP instance for the configuration to take effect. Related Commands bgp confederation identifier - configures a confederation ID. bgp four-octet-as-support - enables 4-byte support for the BGP process. bgp dampening Enable BGP route dampening and configure the dampening parameters. C9000 Series Syntax bgp dampening [half-life reuse suppress max-suppress-time] [routemap 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 reuse (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. (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 Border Gateway Protocol 426