Dell Force10 S25N-S50N FTOS Command Line Reference Guide FTOS 8.4.2.7 E-Series - Page 741

Command Modes ROUTER BGP Command History Version 8.4.2.1 Version 8.2.1.0 Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced on C-Series and S4810. Introduced on E-Series ExaScale Introduced on E-Series TeraScale Usage The Autonomous Systems configured in this command are visible to the EBGP neighbors. Each Information 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. Related Commands bgp confederation identifier Configure a confederation ID. bgp dampening c e Enable BGP route dampening and configure the dampening parameters. Syntax Parameters 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. half-life reuse suppress max-suppress-time route-map map-name (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. Range: 1 to 45. Default: 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 again advertised (or no longer suppressed). Range: 1 to 20000. Default: 750 (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). Range: 1 to 20000. Default: 2000 (OPTIONAL) Enter the maximum number of minutes a route can be suppressed. The default is four times the half-life value. Range: 1 to 255. Default: 60 minutes. (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword route-map followed by the name of a configured route map. Only match commands in the configured route map are supported. Defaults Disabled. IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP) | 741