Clearing BGP4+ dampened paths

BGP4+ suppressed routes can be reactivated using a CLI command.

Before you begin

About this task

The show ipv6 bgp dampened-paths command is entered to verify that there are BGP4+ dampened routes. The clear ipv6 bgp dampening command is entered to reactivate all suppressed BGP4+ routes. The show ipv6 bgp dampened-paths command is re-entered to verify that the suppressed BGP4+ routes have been reactivated.

Procedure

Enter the exit command until you return to Privileged EXEC mode.
```
device(config)# exit
```

Enter the show ipv6 bgp dampened-paths command to display all BGP4+ dampened routes.

device# show ipv6 bgp dampened-paths 

    Status Code  >:best d:damped h:history *:valid
    Network                                      From                                     Flaps Since       Reuse       Path
*d  110:110:110:4::/64                           160:160:160::10                          36    0 :2 :54    0 :10:10    111
*d  110:110:110:3::/64                           160:160:160::10                          36    0 :2 :54    0 :10:10    111
*d  110:110:110:2::/64                           160:160:160::10                          36    0 :2 :54    0 :10:10    111
*d  110:110:110:1::/64                           160:160:160::10                          36    0 :2 :54    0 :10:10    111
*d  110:110:110::/64                             160:160:160::10                          36    0 :2 :54    0 :10:10    111

Enter the clear ipv6 bgp dampening command to reactivate all suppressed BGP4+ routes.
```
device# clear ipv6 bgp dampening
```
Enter the show ipv6 bgp dampened-paths command to verify that there are no BGP4+ dampened routes.
```
device# show ipv6 bgp dampened-paths
device#   
```

Example

The following example reactivates all suppressed BGP4+ routes and verifies that there are no suppressed routes.

device(config-bgp-router)# exit
device(config)# exit
device# show ipv6 bgp dampened-paths
device# clear ipv6 bgp dampening
device# show ipv6 bgp dampened-paths