Viewing a summary of BGP configurations

Display summarized information about BGP.

Procedure

To enter User EXEC mode, log on to the switch.
Display summarized information about BGP:

show ip bgp summary [vrf WORD<1–16>] [vrfids WORD<0–512>]

Example

The following example shows partial output for the show ip bgp summary command.

Switch:1>show ip bgp summary vrf vrf1

====================================================================================================
                           BGP Summary - VRF vrf1

====================================================================================================

                                     BGP version - 4
                                        local-as - 22610
                                      Identifier - 27.82.217.1
                                  Decision state - Idle
                   The total number of routes is   0


BGP NEIGHBOR INFO :

   NEIGHBOR       RMTAS     STATE    HLDTM  KPALV  HLDCFG KPCFG   WGHT  CONRTY ADVINT UPTime
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
192.0.2.1        22620      Active      0     0     180    60    100   120    5     0 day(s), 07:25:09
Total bgp neighbors: 1

BGP CONFEDERATION INFO :
confederation identifier 0
confederation peer as

--More-- (q = quit)

Variable Definitions

The following table defines parameters for the show ip bgp summary command.


Variable	Value
vrf WORD<1–16>	Specifies a VRF instance by name.
vrfids WORD<0–512>	Specifies a range of VRFs by ID number.

Job aid

Use the data in the following table to understand the show ip bgp summary command output.

Table 1. Variable definitions
Field	Description
BGP version	Specifies the version of BGP that runs on the router.
local-as	Specifies the local autonomous system number.
Identifier	Specifies the BGP identifier.
Decision state	Specifies the BGP process state.
NEIGHBOR	Specifies the IP address of the remote peer.
RMTAS	Specifies the AS number of the remote peer.
STATE	Specifies the peer operating state: Idle, Accept, Connect, Open, Open-sent, and Established.
HLDTM	Specifies the negotiated hold time timer.
KPALV	Specifies the keep alive timer.
HLDCFG	Specifies the configured hold time timer.
KPCFG	Specifies the configured keep alive timer.
WGHT	Specifies the weight value assigned to the peer.
CONRTY	Specifies the retry timer.
ADVINT	Specifies the advertisement interval.
UPTime	Specifies how long (in seconds) this peer has been in the established state, or how long since this peer was last in the established state. It is set to zero when a new peer is configured or when the router is booted. If the peer never reaches the established state, the value remains zero.