Users Guide
bgp dampening
Enable BGP route dampening and congure the dampening parameters.
S4810
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 apping
route’s Penalty value. If the Penalty value is less than the reuse value, the apping
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
apping route’s Penalty value. If the Penalty value is greater than the suppress
value, the apping 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 congured route
map.
Only match commands in the congured route map are supported.
Defaults Disabled.
Command Modes
• ROUTER BGP
• ROUTER BGP-address-family
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
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