Reference 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rejected, and the number withdrawn from the BGP routing table.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 (S4820T)
FTOS#show ip bgp neighbors
BGP neighbor is 10.10.10.1, remote AS 23456, external link
BGP version 4, remote router ID 10.10.10.1
BGP state ESTABLISHED, in this state for 00:00:35
. . .
Capabilities received from neighbor for IPv4 Unicast :
MULTIPROTO_EXT(1)
ROUTE_REFRESH(2)
4_OCTECT_AS(65)
ADD_PATH (69)
CISCO_ROUTE_REFRESH(128)
Example
FTOS#show ip bgp neighbors
BGP neighbor is 100.10.10.2, remote AS 200, external link
BGP version 4, remote router ID 192.168.2.101
BGP state ESTABLISHED, in this state for 00:16:12
Last read 00:00:12, last write 00:00:03
Hold time is 180, keepalive interval is 60 seconds
Received 1404 messages, 0 in queue
357