Users Guide

Usage
Information
To reduce the instability of the BGP process, setup route flap dampening parameters. After setting up the
dampening parameters, clear information about route dampening and return the suppressed routes to the
Active state. You can also view statistics on route flapping or change the path selection from Default
Deterministic mode to Non-Deterministic mode. The no version of this command resets the value to the
default.
Example
OS10(conf-router-bgpv4-af)# dampening 2 751 2001 51 map1
Supported
Releases
10.3.0E or later
debug ip bgp
Enables Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) debugging and displays messages related to processing of BGP.
Syntax
debug ip bgp
Parameters None
Defaults None
Command Modes EXEC
Usage
Information
The debug ip bgp command does not display the logs on the console. they are saved in the journal log.
The no debug ip bgp command stops displaying messages related to processing of BGP.
Example
OS10# debug ip bgp
Supported
Releases
OS10 legacy command.
description
Configures a description for the BGP neighbor or for peer template.
Syntax
description text
Parameters text — Enter a description for the BGP neighbor or peer template.
Default None
Command Mode
ROUTER-BGP-NEIGHBOR
ROUTER-BGP-TEMPLATE
Usage
Information
● To use special characters as a part of the description string, enclose the string in double quotes.
● To use comma as a part of the description string add double back slash before the comma.
● The no version of this command removes the description.
Example
OS10# configure terminal
OS10(config)# router bgp 100
OS10(config-router-bgp-100)# neighbor 8.8.8.8
OS10(config-router-neighbor)# description n1_abcd
OS10(config-router-neighbor)# exit
OS10(config-router-bgp-100)# template t1
OS10(config-router-template)# description peer_template_1_abcd
Supported
Releases
10.4.1.0 or later
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