16-6 debug ip bgp events

Syntax Description: This command has no arguments.

Purpose: To debug events relating to the BGP neighbor relationship.

Cisco IOS Software Release: 10.0

Example: Debug the Formation of the Neighbor Relationship

Enable BGP event debugging, and then clear the connection between the BGP neighbors:

 rtrA#  debug ip bgp events  BGP events debugging is on rtrA#  clear ip bgp *  rtrA# 1w3d: BGP: reset all neighbors due to User reset 1w3d: BGP: 172.17.1.1 went from Active to Idle 1w3d: BGP: 172.17.1.1 went from Idle to Active 1w3d: BGP: scanning routing tables 1w3d: BGP: 172.17.1.1 went from Active to Idle 1w3d: BGP: 172.17.1.1 went from Idle to Connect 1w3d: BGP: 172.17.1.1 went from Connect to OpenSent 1w3d: BGP: 172.17.1.1 went from OpenSent to OpenConfirm 1w3d: BGP: 172.17.1.1 went from OpenConfirm to Established 1w3d: BGP: 172.17.1.1 computing updates, neighbor version 0, table version 5,  starting at 0.0.0.0 1w3d: BGP: 172.17.1.1 update run completed, ran for 0ms, neighbor version 0,  start version 5, throttled to 5, check point net 0.0.0.0