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Monitoring Routing Information

Routing information is divided into multiple parts:

Table 49 summarizes key output fields in routing displays.

Table 49: Summary of Key Routing Output Fields

Route Information  

n destinations

Number of destinations for which there are routes in the routing table.

 

n routes

Number of routes in the routing table:

  • active—Number of routes that are active.
  • holddown—Number of routes that are in hold-down state (neither advertised nor updated) before being declared inactive.
  • hidden—Number of routes not used because of routing policies configured on the Services Router.
 

Destination

Destination address of the route.

 

Protocol/ Preference

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

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 the Ethernet management port address, for example).

Age

How long the route has been known.

 

State

Flags for this route.

There are many possible flags. For a complete description, see the JUNOS Routing Protocols and Policies Command Reference.

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.
 
BGP Summary

Groups

Number of BGP groups.

 

Peers

Number of BGP peers.

 

Down Peers

Number of unavailable BGP peers.

 

Peer

Address of each BGP peer.

 

InPkt

Number of packets received from the peer,

 

OutPkt

Number of packets sent to the peer.

 

Flaps

Number of times a BGP session has changed state from Down to Up.

A high number of flaps might indicate a problem with the interface on which the BGP session is enabled.

Last Up/Down

Last time that a session became available or unavailable, since the neighbor transitioned to or from the established state.

If the BGP session is unavailable, this time might be useful in determining when the problem occurred.

State

A multipurpose field that displays information about BGP peer sessions. The contents of this field depend upon whether a session is established.

  • If a peer is not established, the field shows the state of the peer session: Active, Connect, or Idle.
  • If a BGP session is established, the field shows the number of active, received, and damped routes that are received from a neighbor. For example, 2/4/0 indicates two active routes, four received routes, and no damped routes.
 
BGP Neighbors  

Peer

Address of the BGP neighbor.

 

AS

AS number of the peer.

 

Type

Type of peer: Internal or External.

 

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 conenction, 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.

Export

Names of any export policies configured on the peer.

 

Import

Names of any import policies configured on the peer.

 

Number of flaps

Number of times the BGP sessions has changed state from Down to Up.

A high number of flaps might indicate a problem with the interface on which the session is established.

OSPF Neighbors  

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

Router ID of the neighbor.

 

Priority

Priority of the neighbor to become the designated router.

 

Dead

Number of seconds until the neighbor becomes unreachable.

 
OSPF Interfaces  

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

Address of the area's designated router.

 

BDR ID

Address of the area's backup designated router.

 

Nbrs

Number of neighbors on this interface.

 
OSPF Statistics  

Packet Type

Type of OSPF packet.

 

Total Sent/Total Received

Total number of packets sent and received.

 

Last 5 seconds Sent/Last 5 seconds Received

Total number of packets sent and received in the last 5 seconds.

 

Receive errors

Number and type of receive errors.

 
RIP Statistics  

Rip info

Information about RIP on the specified interface, including UDP port number, hold-down interval (during which routes are neither advertised nor updated), and timeout interval.

 

Logical interface

Name of the logical interface on which RIP is configured.

 

Routes learned

Number of RIP routes learned on the logical interface.

 

Routes advertised

Number of RIP routes advertised on the logical interface.

 
RIP Neighbors  

Neighbor

Name of the RIP neighbor.

This value is the name of the interface on which RIP is enabled. The name is set in either of the following ways:

  • In the J-Web configuration editor, on the Protocols>RIP>Group> group-name>Neighbor page
  • In the CLI configuration editor, with the neighbor neighbor-name statement at the [edit protocols rip group group-name] level of the configuration hierarchy

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.

In Met

Value of the incoming metric configured for the RIP neighbor.

 

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