Monitoring Routing Information - Juniper EX Series User Manual

Table 98: Summary of Key BGP Routing Output Fields (continued)
Field
BGP Neighbors
Details
Peer Address
Autonomous System
Peer State
Elapsed Time
Description
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Values
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Address of the BGP neighbor.
AS number of the peer.
Current state of the BGP session:
Active —BGP is initiating a TCP connection in
an attempt to connect to a peer. If the
connection is successful, BGP sends an open
message.
—BGP is waiting for the TCP
Connect
connection to become complete.
—The BGP session has been
Established
established, and the peers are exchanging
BGP update messages.
—This is the first stage of a connection.
Idle
BGP is waiting for a Start event.
—BGP has acknowledged receipt
OpenConfirm
of an open message from the peer and is
waiting to receive a keepalive or notification
message.
—BGP has sent an open message
OpenSent
and is waiting to receive an open message
from the peer.
Elapsed time since the peering session was last
reset.
Description of the BGP session.
Configuring BGP Sessions (J-Web Procedure) on page 135
Layer 3 Protocols Supported on EX Series Switches
NOTE: This topic applies only to the J-Web Application package.
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Chapter 16: Monitoring Tasks
Additional Information
Generally, the most common states are
which indicates a problem establishing the BGP
connection, and , which indicates a
Established
successful session setup. The other states are
transition states, and BGP sessions normally do
not stay in those states for extended periods of
time.
routing table on the routing device.
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,
Active
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