Users Guide

Version Description
7.7.1.0 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 identied routers. You cannot mix them.
The autonomous systems congured 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
conguration.
Related Commands
• bgp confederation identier — congure a confederation ID.
• bgp four-octet-as-support — enable 4-byte support for the BGP process.
bgp connection-retry-timer
Congures the BGP connection retry timer.
Syntax
bgp connection-retry-timer retry-timer-value
To return to the default conguration, enter the no connection-retry-timer retry-timer-value
command.
Parameters
retry-timer-value Enter a value that denotes the time interval after which the session retries the
connection. The valid range is from 10 to 65535.
Defaults 60 seconds.
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell EMC
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.4.(0.0) Introduced on the S4810.
bgp dampening
Enable BGP route dampening and congure the dampening parameters.
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.
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