Reference Guide

400 | Border Gateway Protocol
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bgp confederation peers
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Specify the Autonomous Systems (ASs) that belong to the BGP confederation.
Syntax
bgp confederation peers as-number [...as-number]
To enter no bgp confederation peer.
Parameters
Defaults
Not configured.
Command Modes
ROUTER BGP
Command
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Usage
Information
The Autonomous Systems configured 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 configuration.
Related
Commands
bgp dampening
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Enable BGP route dampening and configure 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.
Parameters
as-number
Enter the AS number.
Range: 1 to 65535
...as-number
(OPTIONAL) Enter up to 16 confederation numbers.
Range: 1 to 65535.
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale
Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced
bgp confederation identifier Configure a confederation ID.
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.
Range: 1 to 45.
Default: 15 minutes
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).
Range: 1 to 20000.
Default: 750