Users Guide

Usage Information
The following describes the show ip bgp summary command shown in the following example.
Field Description
BGP router
identier
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 prexes received.
If a maximum limit was congured with the neighbor maximum-prefix command,
(prfxd) appears in this column.
364 Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)