To disable route dampening, use the no bgp dampening [half-life reuse 
suppress max-suppress-time] [route-map map-name] command.
Parameters
half-life
(OPTIONAL) Enter the number of minutes after which the Penalty is 
decreased. After the router assigns a Penalty of 1024 to a route, the 
Penalty is decreased by half after the half-life period expires. The 
range is 1 to 45. The default is 15 minutes.
reuse
(OPTIONAL) Enter a number as the reuse value, which is compared to 
the flapping route’s Penalty value. If the Penalty value is less than the 
reuse value, the flapping route is once again advertised (or no longer 
suppressed). The range is 1 to 20000. The default is 750.
suppress
(OPTIONAL) Enter a number as the suppress value, which is 
compared to the flapping route’s Penalty value. If the Penalty value is 
greater than the suppress value, the flapping route is no longer 
advertised (that is, it is suppressed). The range is 1 to 20000. The 
default is 2000.
max-suppress-
time
(OPTIONAL) Enter the maximum number of minutes a route can be 
suppressed. The default is four times the half-life value. The range is 
1 to 255. The default is 60 minutes.
route-map 
map-
name
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords route-map followed by the name 
of a configured route map. Only match commands in the configured 
route map are supported.
Defaults Disabled.
Command Modes ROUTER BGPV6-ADDRESS FAMILY
Command History
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced
Usage 
Information
If you enter bgp dampening, 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, you must configure the parameters in the order they appear in 
the command.
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.
C-Series, E-Series
Syntax
bgp default local-preference value
To return to the default value, use the no bgp default local-preference 
command.
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