400-007 · Question #3
Which two impacts of adding the IP event dampening feature to a network design are true? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is D. It reduces the utilization of system processing resources. E. It improves overall network stability. IP event dampening suppresses flapping interfaces or routes, which reduces CPU processing overhead and prevents instability caused by rapid state changes.
Question
Which two impacts of adding the IP event dampening feature to a network design are true? (Choose two.)
Options
- AIt protects against routing loops.
- BIt switches traffic immediately after a link failure.
- Clt speeds up link failure detection.
- DIt reduces the utilization of system processing resources.
- EIt improves overall network stability.
How the community answered
(24 responses)- A4% (1)
- B4% (1)
- D92% (22)
Why each option
IP event dampening suppresses flapping interfaces or routes, which reduces CPU processing overhead and prevents instability caused by rapid state changes.
Routing loop prevention is handled by mechanisms such as STP, split horizon, or route poisoning, not by IP event dampening.
Dampening deliberately delays reconvergence after instability by suppressing repeated state-change notifications, so it does not switch traffic immediately after a link failure.
IP event dampening does not affect how quickly a failure is physically detected; it controls how the network reacts after detection by suppressing repeated flap notifications.
By suppressing rapidly flapping interfaces or routes, the router avoids repeatedly running SPF calculations or processing routing protocol updates, directly reducing CPU and memory utilization.
Dampening prevents flapping links or routes from continuously advertising state changes to neighbors, which keeps the network in a stable, converged state rather than oscillating with each link event.
Concept tested: IP event dampening effects on stability and resource utilization
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_bgp/configuration/xe-16/irg-xe-16-book/ip-event-dampening.html
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