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Field Description
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 ipv6 unicast
community command provides more details on the COMMUNITY attributes.
Dampening
enabled
Displayed only when dampening is enabled. 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 (in hours:minutes:seconds) that the neighbor is in the
Established stage. If the neighbor has never moved into the Established stage, the
word never is displayed.
State/Pfx
If the neighbor is in Established stage, the number of network prefixes received.
If a maximum limit was configured with the neighbor maximum-prefix
command, (prfxd) appears in this column.
If the neighbor is not in Established stage, the current stage is displayed (Idle,
Connect, Active, OpenSent, OpenConfirm). When the peer is transitioning between
states and clearing the routes received, the phrase (Purging) may appear in this
column.
If the neighbor is disabled, the phrase (Admin shut) appears in this column.
Example
Dell#show ip bgp ipv6 unicast summary
BGP router identifier 5.5.10.4, local AS number 100
BGP table version is 12, main routing table version 12
2 network entrie(s) and 4 paths using 536 bytes of memory
1 BGP path attribute entrie(s) using 112 bytes of memory
1 BGP AS-PATH entrie(s) using 39 bytes of memory
Dampening enabled. 0 history paths, 0 dampened paths, 0 penalized paths
Neighbor AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/Pfx
5ffe:10::3 1 28 0 12 0 0 00:01:01 2
5ffe:11::3 1 27 0 12 0 0 00:00:55 2
Dell#
IPv6 Border Gateway Protocol (IPv6 BGP) 673