CLI Guide

Field Description
Network Displays the destination network prex of each BGP route.
Next Hop Displays the next hop address of the BGP router. If 0.0.0.0 is listed in this column, then
local routes exist in the routing table.
Metric Displays the BGP route’s metric, if assigned.
LocPrf Displays the BGP LOCAL_PREF attribute for the route.
Weight Displays the route’s weight.
Path Lists all the ASs the route passed through to reach the destination network.
Example
Dell>show ip bgp inconsistent-as
BGP table version is 280852, local router ID is 10.1.2.100
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best
Path source: I - internal, c - confed-external, r - redistributed, n - network
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path
* 3.0.0.0/8 63.114.8.33 0 18508 209 7018 80 i
* 63.114.8.34 0 18508 209 7018 80 i
* 63.114.8.60 0 18508 209 7018 80 i
*> 63.114.8.33 0 18508 701 80 i
*> 3.18.135.0/24 63.114.8.60 0 18508 209 7018 ?
* 63.114.8.34 0 18508 209 7018 ?
* 63.114.8.33 0 18508 701 7018 ?
* 63.114.8.33 0 18508 209 7018 ?
*> 4.0.0.0/8 63.114.8.60 0 18508 209 1 i
* 63.114.8.34 0 18508 209 1 i
* 63.114.8.33 0 18508 701 1 i
* 63.114.8.33 0 18508 209 1 i
* 6.0.0.0/20 63.114.8.60 0 18508 209 3549 i
* 63.114.8.34 0 18508 209 3549 i
*> 63.114.8.33 0 0 18508 ?
* 63.114.8.33 0 18508 209 3549 i
* 9.2.0.0/16 63.114.8.60 0 18508 209 701 i
* 63.114.8.34 0 18508 209 701 i
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show ip bgp neighbors
Allows you to view the information BGP neighbors exchange.
Syntax
show ip bgp [ipv4 unicast] neighbors [ip-address [advertised-routes | dampened-
routes | detail | flap-statistics | routes | {received-routes [network
[network-mask]]} | {denied-routes [network [network-mask]]}]
Parameters
ipv4 unicast (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords ipv4 unicast to view information only related to
ipv4 unicast routes.
ip-address (OPTIONAL) Enter the IP address of the neighbor to view only BGP information
exchanged with that neighbor.
advertised-routes (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords advertised-routes to view only the routes the
neighbor sent.
dampened-routes (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords dampened-routes to view information on dampened
routes from the BGP neighbor.
Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4) 345