R3166-R3206-HP High-End Firewalls Network Management Configuration Guide-6PW101

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To do… Use the command… Remarks
Specify the maximum number of prefixes that can be
received from a peer/peer group.
If the number is reached, the router breaks down the BGP
connection to the peer and then reestablishes a BGP
connection to the peer.
peer { group-name |
ip-address } route-limit
prefix-number reconnect
reconnect-time
[ percentage-value ]
Configuring BGP route dampening
By configuring BGP route dampening, you can suppress unstable routes from being added to the local
routing table or from being advertised to BGP peers.
Follow these steps to configure BGP route dampening:
To do… Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view system-view
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Enter BGP view bgp as-number
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Configure BGP route
dampening
dampening [ half-life-reachable
half-life-unreachable reuse suppress ceiling |
route-policy route-policy-name ] *
Required
Not configured by default.
Configuring a shortcut route
An eBGP route received has a priority of 255, lower than a local route. This task allows you configure an
eBGP route as a shortcut route that has the same priority as a local route and is more likely to become
the optimal route.
Follow these steps to configure a shortcut route:
To do… Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view system-view
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Enter BGP view bgp as-number
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Configure a shortcut
route
network ip-address [ mask | mask-length ]
short-cut
Optional
By default, an eBGP route received
has a priority of 255.
Configuring BGP route attributes
Prerequisites
BGP connections have been created.
Specifying a preferred value for routes received
By default, routes received from a peer have a preferred value of 0. Among multiple routes that have the
same destination/mask and are learned from different peers, the one with the greatest preferred value
is selected as the route to the destination.
Follow these steps to specify a preferred value for routes from a peer or peer group:
To do… Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view system-view
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