Monitoring Routing Information

Destination Address

Specifies the destination address of the route.

Enter the destination address.

Protocol

Specifies the protocol from which the route was learned.

Enter the protocol name.

Next hop address

Specifies the network layer address of the directly reachable neighboring system (if applicable) and the interface used to reach it.

Enter the next hop address.

Receive protocol

Specifies the dynamic routing protocol using which the routing information was received through a particular neighbor.

Enter the routing protocol.

Best route

Specifies only the best route available.

Select the view details of the best route.

Inactive routes

Specifies the inactive routes.

Select the view details of inactive routes.

Exact route

Specifies the exact route.

Select the view details of the exact route.

Hidden routes

Specifies the hidden routes.

Select the view details of hidden routes.

Search

Applies the specified filter and displays the matching messages.

To apply the filter and display messages, click Search.

Reset

Resets selected options to default

To reset the filter, click Reset.

Static Route Addresses

The list of static route addresses.

Protocol

Protocol from which the route was learned: Static, Direct, Local, or the name of a particular protocol.

Preference

The preference is the individual preference value for the route.

The route preference is used as one of the route selection criteria.

Next-Hop

Network layer address of the directly reachable neighboring system (if applicable) and the interface used to reach it.

If a next hop is listed as Discard, all traffic with that destination address is discarded rather than routed. This value generally means that the route is a static route for which the discard attribute has been set.

If a next hop is listed as Reject, all traffic with that destination address is rejected. This value generally means that the address is unreachable. For example, if the address is a configured interface address and the interface is unavailable, traffic bound for that address is rejected.

If a next hop is listed as Local, the destination is an address on the host (either the loopback address or Ethernet management port 0 address, for example).

Age

How long the route has been active.

State

Flags for this route.

There are many possible flags.

AS Path

AS path through which the route was learned. The letters of the AS path indicate the path origin:

• I—IGP.
• E—EGP.
• ?—Incomplete. Typically, the AS path was aggregated.

Protocol Name

The RIP protocol name.

Port number

The port on which RIP is enabled.

Hold down time

The interval during which routes are neither advertised nor updated.

Global routes learned

Number of RIP routes learned on the logical interface.

Global routes held down

Number of RIP routes that are not advertised or updated during the hold-down interval.

Global request dropped

Number of requests dropped.

Global responses dropped

Number of responses dropped.

Details

Tab used to view the details of the interface on which RIP is enabled.

Neighbor

Name of the RIP neighbor.

This value is the name of the interface on which RIP is enabled. Click the name to see the details for this neighbor.

State

State of the RIP connection: Up or Dn (Down).

Source Address

Local source address.

This value is the configured address of the interface on which RIP is enabled.

Destination Address

Destination address.

This value is the configured address of the immediate RIP adjacency.

Send Mode

The mode of sending RIP messages.

Receive Mode

The mode in which messages are received.

In Metric

Value of the incoming metric configured for the RIP neighbor.

Details

Tab used to view the details of the selected OSPF.

Interface

Name of the interface running OSPF.

State

State of the interface: BDR, Down, DR, DRother, Loop, PtToPt, or Waiting.

The Down state, indicating that the interface is not functioning, and PtToPt state, indicating that a point-to-point connection has been established, are the most common states.

Area

Number of the area that the interface is in.

DR ID

ID of the area's designated device.

BDR ID

ID of the area's backup designated device.

Neighbors

Number of neighbors on this interface.

Sent

Displays the total number of packets sent.

Received

Displays the total number of packets received.

Flood Queue Depth

Number of entries in the extended queue.

Total Retransmits

Number of retransmission entries enqueued.

Total Database Summaries

Total number of database description packets.

Address

Address of the neighbor.

Interface

Interface through which the neighbor is reachable.

State

State of the neighbor: Attempt, Down, Exchange, ExStart, Full, Init, Loading, or 2way.

Generally, only the Down state, indicating a failed OSPF adjacency, and the Full state, indicating a functional adjacency, are maintained for more than a few seconds. The other states are transitional states that a neighbor is in only briefly while an OSPF adjacency is being established.

ID

ID of the neighbor.

Priority

Priority of the neighbor to become the designated router.

Activity Time

The activity time.

Area

Area that the neighbor is in.

Options

Option bits received in the hello packets from the neighbor.

DR Address

Address of the designated router.

BDR Address

Address of the backup designated router.

Uptime

Length of time since the neighbor came up.

Adjacency

Length of time since the adjacency with the neighbor was established.

Total Groups

Number of BGP groups.

Total Peers

Number of BGP peers.

Down Peers

Number of unavailable BGP peers.

Unconfigured Peers

Address of each BGP peer.

RIB Name

Name of the RIB group.

Total Prefixes

Total number of prefixes from the peer, both active and inactive, that are in the routing table.

Active Prefixes

Number of prefixes received from the EBGP peers that are active in the routing table.

Suppressed Prefixes

Number of routes received from EBGP peers currently inactive because of damping or other reasons.

History Prefixes

History of the routes received or suppressed.

Dumped Prefixes

Number of routes currently inactive because of damping or other reasons. These routes do not appear in the forwarding table and are not exported by routing protocols.

Pending Prefixes

Number of pending routes.

State

Status of the graceful restart process for this routing table: BGP restart is complete, BGP restart in progress, VPN restart in progress, or VPN restart is complete.

Details

Click this button to view the selected BGP neighbor details.

Peer Address

Address of the BGP neighbor.

Autonomous System

AS number of the peer.

Peer State

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.
• Connect—BGP is waiting for the TCP connection to become complete.
• Established—The BGP session has been established, and the peers are exchanging BGP update messages.
• Idle—This is the first stage of a connection. BGP is waiting for a Start event.
• OpenConfirm—BGP has acknowledged receipt of an open message from the peer and is waiting to receive a keepalive or notification message.
• OpenSent—BGP has sent an open message and is waiting to receive an open message from the peer.

Generally, the most common states are Active, which indicates a problem establishing the BGP connection, and Established, which indicates a successful session setup. The other states are transition states, and BGP sessions normally do not stay in those states for extended periods of time.

Elapsed Time

Elapsed time since the peering session was last reset.

Description

Description of the BGP session.