418 | Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)
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Command
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network entries Displays the number of network entries and route paths and the amount of 
memory used to process those entries.
BGP path attribute entries Displays the number of BGP path attributes and the amount of memory used to 
process them.
BGP AS-PATH entries Displays the number of BGP AS_PATH attributes processed and the amount of 
memory used to process them.
BGP community entries Displays the number of BGP COMMUNITY attributes processed and the 
amount of memory used to process them. The show ip bgp community 
command provides more details on the COMMUNITY attributes.
Dampening enabled Displayed only when dampening is enabled. Displays the number of paths 
designated as history, dampened, or penalized.
Neighbor Displays the BGP neighbor address.
AS Displays the AS number of the neighbor.
MsgRcvd Displays the number of BGP messages that neighbor received.
MsgSent Displays the number of BGP messages that neighbor sent.
TblVer Displays the version of the BGP table that was sent to that neighbor.
InQ Displays the number of messages from that neighbor waiting to be processed.
OutQ Displays the number of messages waiting to be sent to that neighbor.
If a number appears in parentheses, the number represents the number of 
messages waiting to be sent to the peer group.
Up/Down Displays the amount of time (in hours:minutes:seconds) that the neighbor is in 
the Established stage. 
If the neighbor has never moved into the Established stage, the word never is 
displayed.
State/Pfx If the neighbor is in Established stage, the number of network prefixes received. 
If a maximum limit was configured with the neighbor maximum-prefix 
command, (prfxd) appears in this column.
If the neighbor is not in Established stage, the current stage is displayed (Idle, 
Connect, Active, OpenSent, OpenConfirm) When the peer is transitioning 
between states and clearing the routes received, the phrase (Purging) may 
appear in this column.
If the neighbor is disabled, the phrase (Admin shut) appears in this column.
Table 12-19.  Command Example fields: show ip bgp ipv4 multicast summary 
Field Description
Version 8.4.1.0 Added support for the display of configured IPv4 multicast address families
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced support on S-Series
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced support on C-Series
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced IPv6 MGBP support for E-Series