show ip bgp update-group

This command reports the status of outbound update groups and their members. If a VRF instance is specified, the status of the update groups for the communities within the VRF instance are displayed.

Format show ip bgp [vrf vrf-name] update-group [group-index | peer-address ]
Mode Privileged EXEC
Parameter Description
group-index (Optional) If specified, this option restricts the output to a single update group.
peer-address (Optional) If specified, this option restricts the output to the update group containing the peer with the given address.

The command displays the following information.

Parameter Description
Update Group ID Unique identifier for outbound update group
Peer Type Whether peers in this update group are internal or external
Minimum Advertisement Interval The minimum time, in seconds, between sets of UPDATE messages sent to the group
Send Community If BGP communities are included in route advertisements to members of the group.
Remove Private ASNs If BGP removes private ASNs from paths advertised to members of this update group.
  • Replace if BGP replaces private ASNs with the local ASN.
  • Remove if private ASNs are removed.
  • Otherwise No.
Route Reflector Client If peers in this update group are route reflector clients.
Neighbor AS Path Access List Out The AS path access list used to filter UPDATE messages sent to peers in the update group
Neighbor Prefix List Out Name of the prefix list used to filter prefixes advertised to the peers in the update group
Members Added The number of peers added to the group since the group was formed
Members Removed The number of peers removed from the group
Update Version The number of times phase 3 of the BGP decision process has run for this group to determine which routes should be advertised to the group
Number of UPDATEs Sent The number of UPDATE messages that have been sent to this group. Incremented once for each UPDATE regardless of the number of group members
Time Since Last UPDATE Time since an UPDATE message was last sent to the group. If no UPDATE has been sent to the group, the status is "Never."
Current Prefixes The number of prefixes currently advertised to the group
Current Paths The number of paths currently advertised to the group
Prefixes Advertised The total number of prefixes advertised to the group since the group was formed
Prefixes Withdrawn The total number of prefixes included in the Withdrawn Routes field of UPDATE messages sent to the group since the group was formed
UPDATE Send Failures The number of UPDATE messages that failed to be delivered to all members of the group
Current Members The IPv4 address of all current members of the group

The update send history table show statistics on as many as the ten most recent executions of the update send process for the update group. Items in the history table are as follows:

Parameter Description
Version The update version
Delta T The amount of time elapsed since the update send process executed. hours::minutes::seconds.
Duration How long the update send process took, in milliseconds.
UPD Built The number of UPDATE messages built
UPD Sent The number of UPDATE messages successfully transmitted to group members. Normally a copy of each UPDATE message built is sent to each group member.
Paths Sent The number of paths advertised.
Pfxs Adv The number of prefixes advertised
Pfxs Wd The number of prefixes withdrawn

Example: The following shows an example of the command displaying information for all update groups.

(R1) # show ip bgp update-group

Update Group ID............................ 0
Peer Type.................................. External
Minimum Advertisement Interval............. 30 seconds
Send Community............................. Yes
Remove Private ASNs........................ No
Route Reflector Client..................... No
Neighbor AS Path Access List Out........... 1
Neighbor Prefix List Out................... pfxList1
Members Added.............................. 48
Members Removed............................ 0
Update Version............................. 19
Number of UPDATEs Sent..................... 512
Time Since Last Update..................... 5 hrs 3 min 2 sec
Current Prefixes........................... 5500
Current Paths.............................. 22
Prefixes Advertised........................ 191250
Prefixes Withdrawn......................... 186000
UPDATE Send Failures....................... 0

Current Members: 172.20.1.100, 172.20.2.100

Version   Delta T  Duration UPD Built UPD Sent Paths Sent Pfxs Adv  Pfxs Wd
     10   00:33:49      100         6      288          5     1250      750
     11   00:33:49        0         4      192          3      750      250
     12   00:33:49        0         2       96          1      250     1000
     13   00:33:49        0         2       96          1      250     1018
     14   00:33:49        0         1       48          0        0      482
     15   00:33:49      100         8      384          7     1750      750
     16   00:33:49        0         3      144          2      500      250
     17   00:31:49        0         4      192          3      750      750
     18   00:23:49      100         4      192          3      750     1000
     19   00:03:49      100         6      288          5     1250      500

Update Group ID............................ 1
Peer Type.................................. Internal
Minimum Advertisement Interval............. 5 seconds
Remove Private ASNs........................ No
Route Reflector Client..................... No
Send Community............................. Yes
Neighbor AS Path Access List Out........... none
Neighbor Prefix List Out................... none
Members Added.............................. 3
Members Removed............................ 0
Update Version............................. 4
Number of UPDATEs Sent..................... 8
Time Since Last UPDATE..................... 3 hrs 13 min 22 sec
Current Prefixes........................... 84
Current Paths.............................. 2
Prefixes Advertised........................ 100
Prefixes Withdrawn......................... 16
UPDATE Send Failures....................... 0

Current Members:  172.24.3.1, 172.25.8.56, 172.28.9.1
Version   Delta T  Duration UPD Built UPD Sent Paths Sent Pfxs Adv  Pfxs Wd
     10   00:00:49      100         6      288          5     1250      750

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