Configuring Bgp Confederations; Enabling Route Flap Dampening - Dell S4048T Configuration Manual

Example of Viewing Aggregated Routes
In the show ip bgp command, aggregates contain an 'a' in the first column (shown in bold) and routes
suppressed by the aggregate contain an 's' in the first column.
Dell#show ip bgp
BGP table version is 0, local router ID is 10.101.15.13
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best
Path source: I - internal, a - aggregate, c - confed-external, r - redistributed,
n - network
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
Network
*> 7.0.0.0/29
*> 7.0.0.0/30
*>a 9.0.0.0/8
*> 9.2.0.0/16
*> 9.141.128.0/24 10.114.8.33
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Configuring BGP Confederations

Another way to organize routers within an AS and reduce the mesh for IBGP peers is to configure BGP
confederations.
As with route reflectors, BGP confederations are recommended only for IBGP peering involving many IBGP
peering sessions per router. Basically, when you configure BGP confederations, you break the AS into smaller
sub-AS, and to those outside your network, the confederations appear as one AS. Within the confederation
sub-AS, the IBGP neighbors are fully meshed and the MED, NEXT_HOP, and LOCAL_PREF attributes are
maintained between confederations.
To configure BGP confederations, use the following commands.
• Specifies the confederation ID.
CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP mode
bgp confederation identifier as-number
• as-number: from 0 to 65535 (2 Byte) or from 1 to 4294967295 (4 Byte).
• Specifies which confederation sub-AS are peers.
CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP mode
bgp confederation peers as-number [... as-number]
• as-number: from 0 to 65535 (2 Byte) or from 1 to 4294967295 (4 Byte).
All Confederation routers must be either 4 Byte or 2 Byte. You cannot have a mix of router ASN support.
To view the configuration, use the show config command in CONFIGURATION ROUTER BGP mode.

Enabling Route Flap Dampening

When EBGP routes become unavailable, they "flap" and the router issues both WITHDRAWN and UPDATE
notices.
A flap is when a route:
Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path
10.114.8.33 0
10.114.8.33 0
192.0.0.0
10.114.8.33
0 18508 ?
0 18508 ?
32768 18508 701 {7018 2686 3786} ?
0 18508 701 i
0 18508 701 7018 2686 ?
Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4) 257