Command Line Reference Guide

The Lines
Beginning with:
Description
BGP version Displays the BGP version (always version 4) and the remote
router ID.
BGP state Displays the neighbor’s BGP state and the amount of time in
hours:minutes:seconds it has been in that state.
Last read This line displays the following information:
• last read is the time (hours:minutes:seconds) the router
read a message from its neighbor
• hold time is the number of seconds configured between
messages from its neighbor
• keepalive interval is the number of seconds between
keepalive messages to help ensure that the TCP session
is still alive.
Received
messages
This line displays the number of BGP messages received, the
number of notifications (error messages), and the number of
messages waiting in a queue for processing.
Sent messages The line displays the number of BGP messages sent, the
number of notifications (error messages), and the number of
messages waiting in a queue for processing.
Received updates This line displays the number of BGP updates received and
sent.
Soft
reconfiguration
This line indicates that soft reconfiguration inbound is
configured.
Minimum time Displays the minimum time, in seconds, between
advertisements.
(list of inbound
and outbound
policies)
Displays the policy commands configured and the names of
the Route map, AS-PATH ACL, or Prefix list configured for
the policy.
For address
family:
Displays the IPv4 Unicast as the address family.
BGP table version Displays which version of the primary BGP routing table the
router and the neighbor are using.
accepted prefixes Displays the number of network prefixes the router accepts
and the amount of memory used to process those prefixes.
Prefix advertised Displays the number of network prefixes advertised, the
number rejected, and the number withdrawn from the BGP
routing table.
Connections
established
Displays the number of TCP connections established and
dropped between the two peers to exchange BGP
information.
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Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)