Reference Guide

Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Usage
Information
If you enter the bgp dampening command, the default values for half-life, reuse,
suppress, and max-suppress-time are applied. The parameters are position-
dependent; therefore, if you configure one parameter, configure the parameters in the order
they appear in the CLI.
Related
Commands
show ip bgp dampened-paths — views the BGP paths.
bgp default local-preference
Change the default local preference value for routes exchanged between internal BGP peers.
S4820T
Syntax
bgp default local-preference value
To return to the default value, use the no bgp default local-preference
command.
Parameters
value Enter a number to assign to routes as the degree of preference for
those routes. When routes are compared, the higher the degree of
preference or local preference value, the more the route is preferred.
The range is from 0 to 4294967295. The default is 100.
Defaults 100
Command Modes ROUTER BGP
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the
relevant FTOS Command Line Reference Guide .
The following is a list of the FTOS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Usage
Information
All routers apply the bgp default local-preference command setting within the AS.
To set the local preference for a specific route, use the set local-preference
command in ROUTE-MAP mode.
Related
Commands
set local-preference — assigns a local preference value for a specific route.
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