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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
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
If you enter the bgp dampening command, the default values for half-life, reuse, suppress,
and max-suppress-time are applied. The parameters are position-dependent; therefore, if you
configure one parameter, configure the parameters in the order they appear in the CLI.
Related
Commands
show ip bgp dampened-paths — views the BGP paths.
bgp default local-preference
Change the default local preference value for routes exchanged between internal BGP peers.
Syntax
bgp default local-preference value
To return to the default value, use the no bgp default local-preference command.
Parameters
value Enter a number to assign to routes as the degree of preference for those routes.
When routes are compared, the higher the degree of preference or local preference
value, the more the route is preferred. The range is from 0 to 4294967295. The
default is 100.
Defaults 100
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
270 Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)