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About the Routing Updates Tab
To access this tab, click Observability > Routing > Route Explorer > Routing Updates.
Use this tab to view a record of all routes added to and deleted from the local routing information base (loc-RIB) of the BGP speakers in the network. You can view this information only for those devices where RIB monitoring is enabled when you create a device profile. For more information, see Add a Device Profile. Route add and delete events that have occurred on the monitored devices within the past 24 hours are displayed in the Routing Updates table of this tab. You can also view a graphical representation of all add and delete events.
Tasks You Can Perform
You can perform the following tasks from this tab:
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In the graph above the Routing Updates table, you can view a graphical representation of:
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All route add and delete events across all monitored devices that have occurred within the last 12 hours are displayed by default.
You can also view this information for a predefined (2h, 4h, 6h, 8h, 10h, 12h) or a custom time period.
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To view a filtered record of route add and delete events (of various devices) that match the prefix that you selected on Routing Status > Prefixes tab.
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To view a filtered record of route add and delete events of a specific device that you selected on Routing Status > Devices tab.
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On the routing updates table, you can:
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View a historical record of all routes added to and deleted from the loc-RIB.
You can view this information only for those devices where RIB monitoring is enabled
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Sort, resize, or re-arrange columns in a table (grid).
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Show or hide columns in the table or reset page preferences, using the vertical ellipsis menu.
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Filter the data displayed in the table—Click the filter icon (funnel) and select whether you want to show or hide advanced filters. You can then add or remove filter criteria, save criteria as a filter, apply or clear filters, and so on. The filtered results are displayed on the same page.
You can filter by reported time, prefix address, prefix length, route distinguisher and hostname data.
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Field Descriptions
Table 1 lists the fields on the Routing Updates tab.
Field | Description |
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Prefix Address |
Network prefix address. |
Prefix Length |
Length of the prefix. |
Local Pref |
Local preference of the route. |
Hostname |
Hostname of the device of the BGP speaker. |
Peer IP |
Peer IP address of the BGP speaker. |
Event |
Route add or delete events reported on the BGP speaker. |
Reported Time |
Time the last add or delete event that occurred on the BGP speaker was reported. |
Next Hop |
Next hop IP address. |
Med |
MED of the route. |
AS Origin |
Originator AS number of the BGP peer group. |
Community |
BGP community that the route is tagged to. |
AF Type |
Address family type associated with the prefix. |