Administrator Guide
10.10.21.1 65123 0 0 0 0 0 never Active
10.10.32.3 65123 0 0 0 0 0 never Active
R2#show ip bgp summary
BGP router identifier 192.168.10.2, local AS number 48735.59224
BGP table version is 1, main routing table version 1
1 network entrie(s) using 132 bytes of memory
1 paths using 72 bytes of memory
BGP-RIB over all using 73 bytes of memory
1 BGP path attribute entrie(s) using 72 bytes of memory
1 BGP AS-PATH entrie(s) using 47 bytes of memory
5 neighbor(s) using 23520 bytes of memory
Neighbor AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/Pfx
10.10.21.1 65123 0 0 0 0 0 never Active
10.10.32.3 65123 0 0 0 0 0 never Active
For the router’s identier, the system uses the highest IP address of the Loopback interfaces congured. Because Loopback interfaces are 
virtual, they cannot go down, thus preventing changes in the router ID. If you do not congure Loopback interfaces, the highest IP address 
of any interface is used as the router ID.
To view the status of BGP neighbors, use the show ip bgp neighbors command in EXEC Privilege mode as shown in the rst 
example. For BGP neighbor conguration information, use the show running-config bgp command in EXEC Privilege mode as 
shown in the second example.
NOTE: The showconfig command in CONFIGURATION ROUTER BGP mode gives the same information as the show 
running-config bgp command.
The following example displays two neighbors: one is an external internal BGP neighbor and the second one is an internal BGP neighbor. 
The rst line of the output for each neighbor displays the AS number and states whether the link is an external or internal (shown in bold).
The third line of the show ip bgp neighbors output contains the BGP State. If anything other than ESTABLISHED is listed, the 
neighbor is not exchanging information and routes. For more information about using the 
show ip bgp neighbors command, refer to 
the Dell Networking OS Command Line Interface Reference Guide.
Dell#show ip bgp neighbors
BGP neighbor is 10.114.8.60, remote AS 18508, external link
 BGP version 4, remote router ID 10.20.20.20
 BGP state ESTABLISHED, in this state for 00:01:58
 Last read 00:00:14, hold time is 90, keepalive interval is 30 seconds
 Received 18552 messages, 0 notifications, 0 in queue
 Sent 11568 messages, 0 notifications, 0 in queue
 Received 18549 updates, Sent 11562 updates
 Minimum time between advertisement runs is 30 seconds
 For address family: IPv4 Unicast
 BGP table version 216613, neighbor version 201190
 130195 accepted prefixes consume 520780 bytes
 Prefix advertised 49304, rejected 0, withdrawn 36143
 Connections established 1; dropped 0
 Last reset never
Local host: 10.114.8.39, Local port: 1037
Foreign host: 10.114.8.60, Foreign port: 179
BGP neighbor is 10.1.1.1, remote AS 65535, internal link
 Administratively shut down
 BGP version 4, remote router ID 10.0.0.0
 BGP state IDLE, in this state for 17:12:40
 Last read 17:12:40, hold time is 180, keepalive interval is 60 seconds
 Received 0 messages, 0 notifications, 0 in queue
 Sent 0 messages, 0 notifications, 0 in queue
 Received 0 updates, Sent 0 updates
 Minimum time between advertisement runs is 5 seconds
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