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BGP

Operation Procedure

1. Select the Resource tab.
2. Select the device to be managed from the device list to enter the Device Details page.
3. Click BGP in the protocol management list.

Parameter Description

BGP Attribute
• Local AS Number: Each AS has a unique number, an integer in the range of 1 to 65535. AS numbers are uniformly assigned by InterNIC.
• BGP Local ID: BGP ID of the local system. Generally, it is the IP address of the device.

Basic Information
• Peer ID: ID of the BGP peer.
• Status: Connection status of the BGP peer, which can be idle, connect, active, opensent, openconfirm, or established.
• Negotiated Version: BGP negotiation version run between two peers
• Local IP Address: Local IP address of the BGP connection.
• Local Port: Local port of the TCP connection between BGP peers.
• Peer IP Address: Remote IP address of the BGP peer.
• Remote Port: Remote port of the TCP connection between BGP peers.
• Remote AS: Remote AS number.

Statistic Information
• Peer IP Address: IP address of the BGP peer.
• Updates Received: The number of received BGP update messages in this connection.
• Updates Transmitted: The number of transmitted BGP update messages in this connection.
• Total Messages Received: The total number of messages received from the remote peer in this connection.
• Total Messages Transmitted: The total number of messages transmitted to the remote peer in this connection.
• Last Error: Last error code and sub-code seen by the peer in this connection.
• Fsm Established Transitions: Times of BGP FSM transiting to “Established” status.
• Fsm Established Time(s): Duration when the peer is in “Established” status.

Time Attribute
• Peer IP Address: IP address of the BGP peer.
• Connection Retry Interval(S): Interval (in seconds) of retrying connections.
• HoldTime(S): Interval (in seconds) of the hold timer established with the peer.
• KeepAlive(S): Interval (in seconds) of sending KeepAlive messages to the peer.
• HoldTime Configured(S): Hold timer interval (in seconds) configured for the BGP addresser and peer.
• KeepAlive Configured(S): KeepAlive timer interval (in seconds) configured for the BGP addresser and peer.
• Route Advertisement Interval(S): Interval of transmitting routing information.
• Update Elapsed Time(S): Interval from the last time of receiving update packets to now.

BGP4 Path Information
• IP Address Prefix: IP address prefix of the NLRI domain.
• IP Address Prefix Len: IP address prefix length of the NLRI domain.
• Peer IP Address: IP address of the peer.
• Origin: Path information origin: igp, egp, or incomplete.
• AS Path Segment: AS path segment sequence.
• Next Hop: Next hop address of the destination network.
• Multi Exit Metric: The value is used to distinguish multiple exits of adjacent AS.
• Priority: Priority of the original BGP4 addresser advertisement route.
• Aggregate Route Selection: Whether the local system selects non-specific route or the specific route: LessSpecificRouteNotSelected: non-specific route; lessSpecificRouteSelected: specific route.
• Aggregator AS: AS number of the BGP4 addresser executing route aggregation.
• Aggregator IP Address: IP address of the BGP4 addresser executing route aggregation.
• Local Priority Calculated: Priority calculated by the BGP4 addresser receiving route for the advertisement route.
• IsBest: Is the local route selected as best route?
• Unknown Attributes: One or more attributes unknown for the BGP4 addresser. 0 indicates that there are no such attributes.