Reference Guide

If two peers send the same route that contains similar path attributes, then two
entries are maintained in the back-end, as both these entries have different next-
hops. If this same route is sent to a different peer, an entry for each peer is created,
as the next-hop is different. As a result, the BGP attributes count in the summary
output will differ accordingly.
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
Border Gateway Protocol
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