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dampened-routes (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords dampened-routes to view information on
dampened routes from the BGP neighbor.
detail (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword detail to view neighbor-specific internal
information for the IPv4 Unicast address family.
flap-statistics (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords flap-statistics to view flap statistics on
the neighbor’s routes.
routes (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword routes to view only the neighbor’s feasible
routes.
received-routes
[ network
[ network-mask ]
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords received-routes then either the network
address (in dotted decimal format) or the network mask (in slash prefix format) to
view all information received from neighbors.
NOTE: You must configure the neighbor soft-reconfiguration
inbound command prior to viewing all the information received from the
neighbors.
denied-routes
[ network
[ network-mask ]
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords denied-routes then either the network
address (in dotted decimal format) or the network mask (in slash prefix format)
to view all information on routes denied using neighbor inbound filters.
Command Modes
● EXEC
● EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
The following describes the show ip bgp ipv6 unicast neighbors command shown in the
Example below.
Lines
Beginning
With
Description
BGP neighbor Displays the BGP neighbor address and its AS number. The last phrase in the
line indicates whether the link between the BGP router and its neighbor is an
external or internal one. If they are located in the same AS, then the link is internal;
otherwise, the link is external.
BGP version Displays the BGP version (always version 4) and the remote router ID.
BGP state Displays the neighbor’s BGP state and the amount of time in
hours:minutes:seconds it has been in that state.
Last read This line displays the following information:
● last read is the time (hours:minutes:seconds) the router reads a message from
its neighbor
● hold time is the number of seconds configured between messages from its
neighbor
● keepalive interval is the number of seconds between keepalive messages to help
ensure that the TCP session is still alive
Received
messages
This line displays the number of BGP messages received, the number of
notifications (error messages), and the number of messages waiting in a queue
for processing.
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.
IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP) 647