Configuration Guide User guide
1414 FastIron Configuration Guide
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Route flap dampening configuration
Syntax: show ip bgp neighbors <ip-addr>
To display the ORFs received from a neighbor, enter a command such as the following.
Syntax: show ip bgp neighbors <ip-addr> received prefix-filter
Route flap dampening configuration
A “route flap” is the change in a route state, from up to down or down to up. When a route state
changes, the state change causes changes in the route tables of the routers that support the route.
Frequent changes in a route state can cause Internet instability and add processing overhead to
the routers that support the route.
Route flap dampening is a mechanism that reduces the impact of route flap by changing a BGP4
router response to route state changes. When route flap dampening is configured, the Layer 3
switch suppresses unstable routes until the route state changes reduce enough to meet an
acceptable degree of stability. The Brocade implementation of route flap dampening is based on
RFC 2439.
Route flap dampening is disabled by default. You can enable the feature globally or on an individual
route basis using route maps.
NOTE
The Layer 3 switch applies route flap dampening only to routes learned from EBGP neighbors.
Brocade#show ip bgp neighbors 10.10.10.1
1 IP Address: 10.10.10.1, AS: 65200 (IBGP), RouterID: 10.10.10.1
State: ESTABLISHED, Time: 0h0m7s, KeepAliveTime: 60, HoldTime: 180
RefreshCapability: Received
CooperativeFilteringCapability: Received
Messages: Open Update KeepAlive Notification Refresh-Req
Sent : 1 0 1 0 1
Received: 1 0 1 0 1
Last Update Time: NLRI Withdraw NLRI Withdraw
Tx: --- --- Rx: --- ---
Last Connection Reset Reason:Unknown
Notification Sent: Unspecified
Notification Received: Unspecified
TCP Connection state: ESTABLISHED
Byte Sent: 110, Received: 110
Local host: 10.10.10.2, Local Port: 8138
Remote host: 10.10.10.1, Remote Port: 179
ISentSeq: 460 SendNext: 571 TotUnAck: 0
TotSent: 111 ReTrans: 0 UnAckSeq: 571
IRcvSeq: 7349 RcvNext: 7460 SendWnd: 16384
TotalRcv: 111 DupliRcv: 0 RcvWnd: 16384
SendQue: 0 RcvQue: 0 CngstWnd: 5325
Brocade#show ip bgp neighbors 10.10.10.1 received prefix-filter
ip prefix-list 10.10.10.1: 4 entries
seq 5 permit 10.10.0.0/16 ge 18 le 28
seq 10 permit 20.20.10.0/24
seq 15 permit 30.0.0.0/8 le 32
seq 20 permit 40.10.0.0/16 ge 18