Bgp Route Preference Settings; Bgp Dampening Settings - D-Link DGS-3630 Series Reference Manual

DGS-3630 Series Layer 3 Stackable Managed Switch Web UI Reference Guide

BGP Route Preference Settings

This window is used to display and configure the BGP route preference settings.
To view the following window, click L3 Features > BGP > BGP Route Preference Settings, as shown below:
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Parameter
Address Family
Distance EGBP
Distance IBGP
Click the Apply button to accept the changes made.
After clicking the Please Select button, the following page will appear.
Select the VRF entry and click the OK button to use the selected VRF entry.
Enter a page number and click the Go button to navigate to a specific page when multiple pages exist.

BGP Dampening Settings

This window is used to display and configure the BGP dampening settings. The purpose of this feature is to eliminate
the advertising of unstable routes and thus to avoid unstable networks caused by flapping routes.
Figure 6-176 BGP Route Preference Settings Window
Description
Select the address family that will be used here. Options to choose from are:
• IPv4 Unicast - Specifies to use the IPv4 unicast address family in this
configuration.
• IPv4 VRF - Specifies to use a VRF instance in this configuration. Enter the
name of the VRF instance in the space provided or click the Please Select
button to select a pre-configured VRF instance that will be used here. This
name can be up to 12 characters long.
• IPv6 Unicast - Specifies to use the IPv6 unicast address family in this
configuration.
Enter the distance eBGP route preference value here. The range is from 1 to 255
for an IPv4 address family and 1 to 254 for IPv6 address family.
Enter the distance iBGP route preference value here. The range is from 1 to 255
for an IPv4 address family and 1 to 254 for IPv6 address family.
Figure 6-177 BGP Route Preference Settings (Please Select) Window
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