Field Description
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 you configured a maximum limit 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.
Example
FTOS#show ip bgp ipv6 unicast summary
BGP router identifier 5.5.10.4, local AS number 100
BGP table version is 12, main routing table version 12
2 network entrie(s) and 4 paths using 536 bytes of memory
1 BGP path attribute entrie(s) using 112 bytes of memory
1 BGP AS-PATH entrie(s) using 39 bytes of memory
538