Viewing imported routes

Display information about BGP imported routes.

Procedure

  1. To enter User EXEC mode, log on to the switch.
  2. Display information about BGP imported routes:

    show ip bgp imported-routes [<prefix/len>] [longer-prefixes] [vrf WORD<1–16>] [vrfids WORD<0–512>]

Variable Definitions

The following table defines parameters for the show ip bgp imported-routes command.

Variable

Value

longer-prefixes

Shows long prefixes. The longer-prefixes indicate the mask length from a specified prefix to 32 (for example, show from prefix a.b.c.d/len to a.b.c./32).

<prefix/len>

Shows paths with this prefix. The prefix is the IP address and exact mask length (must be an integer value from 0–32).

vrf WORD<1–16>

Specifies a VRF instance by name (the string length ranges from 1–16 characters).

vrfids WORD<0–512>

Specifies a range of VRFs by ID number (the ID ranges from 0–512).

Job Aid

Use the data in the following table to understand the show ip bgp imported-routes command output.

Table 1. show ip bgp imported-routes field descriptions

Field

Description

ROUTE

Specifies the IP address of the route.

METRIC

Specifies the route metric.

COMMUNITY

Specifies the BGP community.

LOCALPREF

Specifies the local preference.

NEXTHOP

Specifies the IP address of the next hop.

ORIGIN

Specifies the source of a route:

  • IGP — the route is interior to the originating AS that inserts this route into the BGP table (0 = IGP).

  • EGP — the route is learned through an Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP) before it is inserted into the BGP table (1 = BGP).

  • Incomplete — the origin of the route is unknown or learned by some other means. For example, the router learns these routes through RIP, OSPF, or static routes (2 = Incomplete).
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