# Monitoring BGP Next Hops for VPN

#### Purpose

Display information about BGP next hops.

#### Action

To display the next hops for all the VRFs:

    host1:pe2#show ip bgp vpnv4 all next-hops

    Indirect next-hop 10.1.1.1
      Resolution in IP route table of VR
           IP indirect next-hop index 10
           Reachable (metric 3)
           Number of direct next-hops is 1
                  Direct next-hop ATM4/1.20 (10.20.20.1)
      Resolution in IP tunnel-route table of VR
           MPLS indirect next-hop index 17
           Reachable (metric 3)
           Number of direct next-hops is 1
                  Direct next-hop: MPLS next-hop 18
      Reference count is 1

    Indirect next-hop 10.21.21.2
      Resolution in IP route table of VR
           IP indirect next-hop index 5
           Reachable (metric 0)
           Number of direct next-hops is 1
                  Direct next-hop ATM4/0.21 (10.21.21.2)
      Resolution in IP tunnel-route table of VR
           MPLS indirect next-hop index 14
           Reachable (metric 0)
           Number of direct next-hops is 1
                  Direct next-hop ATM4/0.21.mpls
      Reference count is 3

To display the next hops for specified VRFs:

    host1:pe2#show ip bgp vpnv4 vrf pe22 next-hops
    Indirect next-hop 10.61.61.2
      Resolution in IP route table of VRF pe22
           IP indirect next-hop index 3
           Reachable (metric 0)
           Number of direct next-hops is 1
                  Direct next-hop ATM4/0.61 (10.61.61.2)
      Resolution in IP tunnel-route table of VRF pe22
           Not reachable
      Reference count is 2

#### Meaning

Table 94 lists the show ip bgp next-hop command output fields.

Table 94: show ip bgp next-hop Output Fields

Field Name | Field Description
--- | ---
Indirect next-hop | BGP next-hop attribute as received in the BGP update message
Resolution | Describes where the indirect next hop is resolved: the IP routing table, the IP tunnel routing table, or both, and whether this is in a VR or VRF
IP indirect next-hop index | Index number of the IP indirect next hop that this BGP indirect next hop resolves to
MPLS indirect next-hop index | Index number of the MPLS indirect next hop that this BGP indirect next hop resolves to
Reachable | Indicates whether or not the indirect next hop is reachable.
Metric | Metric of the BGP indirect next hop
Number of direct next-hops | Number of the equal-cost legs of direct next hops that this indirect next hop resolves to
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 ip bgp next-hops