# Monitoring BGP Next Hops

#### Purpose

Display information about all indirect next hops or a particular next hop..

The show ip bgp next-hops and show bgp ipv6 next-hops commands display similar information.

#### Action

To display information about all indirect next hops or a particular indirect next hop:

    host1#show ip bgp next-hops
    Indirect next-hop 4.4.4.4
      Reachable (metric 2)
      Direct next-hop atm2/0.34 (34.34.34.4)
      Reference count is 3

    Indirect next-hop ::ffff:2.2.2.2
      MPLS stacked label 17
      Reachable (metric 3)
      Direct next-hop  tun mpls:vpnInL17-23
      Reference count is 1

    Indirect next-hop 5.5.5.5
      Reachable (metric 2)
      Direct next-hop atm2/0.35 (35.35.35.5)
      Reference count is 3

    Indirect next-hop 6.6.6.6
      Reachable (metric 3)
      Direct next-hop atm2/0.34 (34.34.34.4)
                      atm2/0.35 (35.35.35.5)
      Reference count is 3

    Indirect next-hop 13.13.13.1
      Not reachable
      Reference count is 2

#### Meaning

Table 42 lists the show ip bgp next-hops command output fields.

Table 42: show ip bgp next-hops Output Fields

Field Name | Field Description
--- | ---
Indirect next-hop | BGP next-hop attribute as received in the BGP update message
Reachable | Indicates whether or not the indirect next hop is reachable.
Metric | Metric of the BGP indirect next hop
Direct next-hop | IP interface and next-hop IP address that resolve the BGP indirect next hop; the direct next hop can also be an IP indirect next hop or an MPLS indirect next hop when chains of next hops are in use
Reference count | Number of label mappings of BGP routes that use this next hop

#### Related Topics

- show bgp ipv6 next-hops
- show ip bgp next-hops