Concept Guide

To view the status of BGP neighbors, use the show ip bgp neighbors command in EXEC Privilege mode as shown in the rst
example. For BGP neighbor conguration information, use the show running-config bgp command in EXEC Privilege mode as
shown in the second example.
NOTE: The showconfig command in CONFIGURATION ROUTER BGP mode gives the same information as the show
running-config bgp command.
The following example displays two neighbors: one is an external internal BGP neighbor and the second one is an internal BGP neighbor.
The rst line of the output for each neighbor displays the AS number and states whether the link is an external or internal (shown in bold).
The third line of the show ip bgp neighbors output contains the BGP State. If anything other than ESTABLISHED is listed, the
neighbor is not exchanging information and routes. For more information about using the show ip bgp neighbors command, refer to
the Dell EMC Networking OS Command Line Interface Reference Guide.
The following example shows the show ip bgp neighbors command output.
DellEMC#show ip bgp neighbors
BGP neighbor is 20.20.20.1, remote AS 200, external link
BGP remote router ID 1.1.1.1
BGP state ESTABLISHED, in this state for 00:05:22
Last read 00:00:00, Last write 00:00:07
Hold time is 90, keepalive interval is 30 seconds
Received 18 messages, 0 in queue
7 opens, 6 notifications, 0 updates
5 keepalives, 0 route refresh requests
Sent 26 messages, 0 in queue
7 opens, 0 notifications, 0 updates
19 keepalives, 0 route refresh requests
Route refresh request: received 0, sent messages 0
Minimum time between advertisement runs is 30 seconds
Minimum time before advertisements start is 0 seconds
For address family: IPv4 Unicast
BGP local RIB : Routes to be Added 0, Replaced 0, Withdrawn 0
InQ : Added 0, Replaced 0, Withdrawn 0
OutQ : Added 0, Withdrawn 0
Allow local AS number 0 times in AS-PATH attribute
Prefixes accepted 0, withdrawn 0 by peer, martian prefixes ignored 0
Prefixes advertised 0, denied 0, withdrawn 0 from peer
Connections established 0; dropped 0
Last reset never
No active TCP connection
Conguring a BGP peer
To congure a BGP neighbor or peer, you must provide the IP address and the AS number of each neighbor since BGP does not discover
the neighbor or peer. Neighbors that are present with the same AS communicate using IBGP while the neighbors that are present in
dierent AS communicate using EBGP. To allow the neighbor to establish a BGP session, you have to enable the neighbor by providing
neighbor no shutdown command. To congure BGP between two peers, use the following commands.
Following are the steps to congure a BGP peer. The following example conguration demonstrates how the congure a neighbor and IPv4
multicast address family. The default is IPv4 unicast address family.
• Enter the router conguration mode and the AS number.
CONFIG mode
router bgp as-number
• Add the IP address of the neighbor for the specied autonomous system.
CONFIG-ROUTER-BGP mode
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