Allied Telesis VERSION 5.4.3-2.6 manual How to enable BGP and BGP4+ Route Dampening

BGP and BGP4+ Introduction

How to enable BGP and BGP4+ Route Dampening

To enable BGP route dampening, use the command below in Router Configuration mode:

awplus(config)#

router bgp <asn> This command enters Router Configuration mode

awplus(config-router)#

bgp dampening This command enables BGP route dampening in Router Configuration mode.

To enable BGP4+ route dampening, use the command below in Address Family

Configuration mode:

awplus(config)#

router bgp <asn> This command enters Router Configuration mode

awplus(config-router)#

address-family ipv6 [unicast] This command enters Address Family Configuration mode

awplus(config-router-af)#

bgp dampening This command enables BGP4+ route dampening in Address Family Configuration mode.

How to monitor BGP and BGP4+ Route

Dampening

You can monitor the flaps of all the paths that are flapping. The statistics will be deleted once the route is not suppressed and is stable for at least one half-life. To display flap statistics, use the following show commands in Privileged Exec mode as needed:

awplus#

show ip bgp dampening This command displays BGP flap statistics for all IPv4 paths {dampened-pathswhen you apply the flap-statisticsparameter.

flap-statisticsparameters}

awplus#

show bgp ipv6 dampening This command displays BGP4+ flap statistics for all IPv6 paths {dampened-pathswhen you apply the flap-statisticsparameter.

flap-statisticsparameters}

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