Lines Beginning with Description
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.
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 IPv6 Unicast as the address family.
BGP table version Displays the 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rejected and the number withdrawn from the BGP routing table.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.
Last reset Displays the amount of time since the peering session was last reset. 
Also states if the peer resets the peering session. If the peering 
session was never reset, the word never is displayed.
Local host: Displays the peering address of the local router and the TCP port 
number.
Foreign host: Displays the peering address of the neighbor and the TCP port 
number.
Example
FTOS#show ip bgp ipv6 unicast neighbors
534