CLI Guide

The Lines
Beginning
with:
Description
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number rejected, and the number withdrawn from the BGP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.
Last reset Displays the amount of time since the peering session was
last reset. Also states if the peer resets the peering session. If
the peering session was never reset, the word never is
displayed.
Local host: Displays the peering address of the local router and the TCP
port number.
Foreign host: Displays the peering address of the neighbor and the TCP
port number.
Example
Dell# show ip bgp neighbors 172.16.0.2
BGP neighbor is 172.16.0.2, remote AS 200, external link
Member of peer-group port0 for session parameters
BGP remote router ID 172.16.0.2
BGP state ESTABLISHED, in this state for 00:13:55
Last read 00:00:03, Last write 00:00:55
Hold time is 180, keepalive interval is 60 seconds
Received 50 messages, 0 in queue
1 opens, 0 notifications, 34 updates
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Border Gateway Protocol