Administrator Guide

The following describes the show ip bgp summary command shown in the following example.
Field Description
BGP router
identifier
Displays the local router ID and the AS number.
BGP table
version
Displays the BGP table version and the main routing table version.
network entries Displays the number of network entries, route paths, and the amount of memory
used to process those entries.
paths Displays the number of paths and the amount of memory used.
denied paths Displays the number of denied paths and the amount of memory used.
BGP path
attribute entries
Displays the number of BGP path attributes and the amount of memory used to
process them.
BGP AS-PATH
entries
Displays the number of BGP AS_PATH attributes processed and the amount of
memory used to process them.
BGP community
entries
Displays the number of BGP COMMUNITY attributes processed and the amount
of memory used to process them. The show ip bgp community command
provides more details on the COMMUNITY attributes.
Dampening
enabled
Displayed only when you enable dampening. Displays the number of paths
designated as history, dampened, or penalized.
Neighbor Displays the BGP neighbor address.
AS Displays the AS number of the neighbor.
MsgRcvd Displays the number of BGP messages that neighbor received.
MsgSent Displays the number of BGP messages that neighbor sent.
TblVer Displays the version of the BGP table that was sent to that neighbor.
InQ Displays the number of messages from that neighbor waiting to be processed.
OutQ Displays the number of messages waiting to be sent to that neighbor. If a number
appears in parentheses, the number represents the number of messages waiting to
be sent to the peer group.
Up/Down
Displays the amount of time that the neighbor is in the Established stage. If
the neighbor has never moved into the Established stage, the word, “never”, is
displayed.
The output format is:
Time
Established
Display Example
< 1 day 00:12:23 (hours:minutes:seconds)
< 1 week 1d21h (DaysHours)
> 1 week 11w2d (WeeksDays)
State/Pfxrcd
If the neighbor is in Established stage, the number of network prefixes received.
If a maximum limit was configured with the neighbor maximum-prefix
command, (prfxd) appears in this column.
If the neighbor is not in Established stage, the current stage is displayed (Idle,
Connect, Active, OpenSent, OpenConfirm). When the peer is transitioning between
states and clearing the routes received, the phrase (Purging) may appear in this
column.
If the neighbor is disabled, the phrase (Admin shut) appears in this column.
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