[c-nsp] Delay BGP peer session

[Alex Balashov]

Seth Mattinen wrote:

> Alex Balashov wrote:
>> Seth Mattinen wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any way to force a delay on a BGP session from establishing
>>> when a link comes up? Say, for example, if a link flaps and
>>> fast-external-fallover takes it down we should wait X minutes before
>>> trying to bring the session back up.
>> I would guess that flap dampening would be the proper solution.
>>
> 
> I don't think it can dampen the whole table and suppress announcements,
> can it? I've never tried that.

Looking over the implementational docs from Cisco, you're right - it 
can't.  It's designed to dampen specific announcements from any peer.

-- Alex

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