• reuse: the range is from 1 to 20000. This number is compared to the flapping route’s Penalty value. If the Penalty value is less thanthe reuse value, the flapping route is once again advertised (or no longer suppressed). The default is 750.• suppress: the range is from 1 to 20000. This number is compared to the flapping route’s Penalty value. If the Penalty value isgreater than the suppress value, the flapping route is no longer advertised (that is, it is suppressed). The default is 2000.• max-suppress-time: the range is from 1 to 255. The maximum number of minutes a route can be suppressed. The default isfour times the half-life value. The default is 60 minutes.• Clear all information or only information on a specific route.EXEC Privilegeclear ip bgp [vrf vrf-name] dampening [ip-address mask]• View all flap statistics or for specific routes meeting the following criteria.EXEC or EXEC Privilege modeshow ip bgp [vrf vrf-name] flap-statistics [ip-address [mask]] [filter-list as-path-name][regexp regular-expression]• ip-address [mask]: enter the IP address and mask.• filter-list as-path-name: enter the name of an AS-PATH ACL.• regexp regular-expression: enter a regular express to match on.By default, the path selection in Dell Networking OS is deterministic, that is, paths are compared irrespective of the order of theirarrival. You can change the path selection method to non-deterministic, that is, paths are compared in the order in which they arrived(starting with the most recent). Furthermore, in non-deterministic mode, the software may not compare MED attributes though thepaths are from the same AS.• Change the best path selection method to non-deterministic.Change the best path selection method to non-deterministic.CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP modebgp non-deterministic-medNOTE: When you change the best path selection method, path selection for existing paths remains unchanged until youreset it by entering the clear ip bgp command in EXEC Privilege mode.Examples of Configuring a Route and Viewing the Number of Dampened RoutesTo view the BGP configuration, use the show config command in CONFIGURATION ROUTER BGP mode or the show running-config bgp command in EXEC Privilege mode.The following example shows how to configure values to reuse or restart a route. In the following example, default = 15 is the set timebefore the value decrements, bgp dampening 2 ? is the set re-advertise value, bgp dampening 2 2000 ? is the suppress value,and bgp dampening 2 2000 3000 ? is the time to suppress a route. Default values are also shown.Dell(conf-router_bgp)#bgp dampening ?<1-45> Half-life time for the penalty (default = 15)route-map Route-map to specify criteria for dampeningDell(conf-router_bgp)#bgp dampening 2 ?<1-20000> Value to start reusing a route (default = 750)Dell(conf-router_bgp)#bgp dampening 2 2000 ?<1-20000> Value to start suppressing a route (default = 2000)Dell(conf-router_bgp)#bgp dampening 2 2000 3000 ?<1-255> Maximum duration to suppress a stable route (default = 60)Dell(conf-router_bgp)#bgp dampening 2 2000 3000 10 ?route-map Route-map to specify criteria for dampeningTo view a count of dampened routes, history routes, and penalized routes when you enable route dampening, look at the seventh line of theshow ip bgp summary command output, as shown in the following example (bold).Dell>show ip bgp summaryBGP router identifier 10.114.8.131, local AS number 65515220 Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)
