The following describes the show ip bgp neighbors command shown in the Examples 
below.
The Lines Beginning 
with:
Description
BGP neighbor Displays the BGP neighbor address and its AS number. The last 
phrase in the line indicates whether the link between the BGP router 
and its neighbor is an external or internal one. If they are located in 
the same AS, the link is internal; otherwise the link is external.
BGP version Displays the BGP version (always version 4) and the remote router 
ID.
BGP state Displays the neighbor’s BGP state and the amount of time in 
hours:minutes:seconds it has been in that state.
Last read This line displays the following information:
• last read is the time (hours:minutes:seconds) the router read 
a message from its neighbor
• hold time is the number of seconds configured between 
messages from its neighbor
• keepalive interval is the number of seconds between 
keepalive messages to help ensure that the TCP session is 
still alive.
Received messages This line displays the number of BGP messages received, the 
number of notifications (error messages), and the number of 
messages waiting in a queue for processing.
Sent messages The line displays the number of BGP messages sent, the number of 
notifications (error messages), and the number of messages waiting 
in a queue for processing.
Received updates This line displays the number of BGP updates received and sent.
Soft reconfiguration This line indicates that soft reconfiguration inbound is configured.
Minimum time Displays the minimum time, in seconds, between advertisements.
(list of inbound and 
outbound policies)
Displays the policy commands configured and the names of the 
Route map, AS-PATH ACL, or Prefix list configured for the policy.
For address family: Displays the IPv4 Unicast as the address family.
BGP table version Displays which version of the primary BGP routing table the router 
and the neighbor are using.
accepted prefixes Displays the number of network prefixes accepted by the router and 
the amount of memory used to process those prefixes.
Prefix advertised Displays the number of network prefixes advertised, the number 
rejected, and the number withdrawn from the BGP routing table.
Connections 
established
Displays the number of TCP connections established and dropped 
between the two peers to exchange BGP information.
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