1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,311 [AUDIO LOGO] 2 00:00:03,311 --> 00:00:08,050 3 00:00:08,050 --> 00:00:12,130 Hello, and welcome to Implementing BGP Advanced 4 00:00:12,130 --> 00:00:13,180 Features. 5 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:16,840 In this skill, we're going to jump in and look specifically 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:21,490 at two advanced features in BGP that are a little more 7 00:00:21,490 --> 00:00:24,910 in-depth than some of the other things we've looked at so far. 8 00:00:24,910 --> 00:00:29,290 We're going to start off by looking at BGP route dampening. 9 00:00:29,290 --> 00:00:32,860 This is an important feature because if routes 10 00:00:32,860 --> 00:00:37,030 are constantly being advertised and withdrawn in BGP, 11 00:00:37,030 --> 00:00:40,540 BGP will constantly be in a state of convergence, 12 00:00:40,540 --> 00:00:44,590 and that's certainly not good either for our service provider 13 00:00:44,590 --> 00:00:47,590 network or for the internet as a whole. 14 00:00:47,590 --> 00:00:49,450 The other thing we're going to look at 15 00:00:49,450 --> 00:00:54,580 is some methods that we can use to increase BGP's performance 16 00:00:54,580 --> 00:00:56,740 when it comes to converging. 17 00:00:56,740 --> 00:01:00,670 Now this, we have to, of course, approach with some caution 18 00:01:00,670 --> 00:01:04,900 because if we increase BGP performance too much, 19 00:01:04,900 --> 00:01:08,560 well, that can affect its stability and the stability 20 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,370 of the router that it's running on, 21 00:01:10,370 --> 00:01:13,060 so we have to keep a close eye on the resources. 22 00:01:13,060 --> 00:01:15,190 And these are all the things that we're going 23 00:01:15,190 --> 00:01:17,480 to be exploring in this skill. 24 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,720 So a lot of fun stuff to look at. 25 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,530 Let's jump in and get started. 26 00:01:21,530 --> 00:01:24,690 I'll see you in the next video. 27 00:01:24,690 --> 00:01:28,000