# BGP4 Peer Information

The BGP4 Peer Information dialog box displays information about the peer.

## Procedure

For CiscoView versions earlier than 5.2:

1. Right-click the device. Then select Configure, or double-click the device. The Device Configuration dialog box appears.

2. Select Protocols from the Category list.

3. Select BGP4 from the SelectProtocol list and click the Details button. The BGP4 Configuration dialog box appears.

4. Select BGP4 Peer Information from the Category list.

For CiscoView version 5.2 and later:

1. Right-click the device, then select Configure, or double-click the device.

2. Select Protocols from the Category list.

3. Select BGP4 in the Selectprotocol list then click the Details button. The BGP4 Configuration dialog box appears.

   Note: The left frame in the dialog box displays the categories and the right frame displays the category details or a table. If a table is displayed, the variable on which the table is indexed and the key values of the index are listed below the category. Double-click the category to view the table and double-click a key value to view details of a particular row in the table.

   Multiple indexes for a table, if any, are listed below the category in a nested manner. Select a key value to view the rows of the table about that value. Select a key value of the lowest indexing variable to view the details of that particular row.

4. Select BGP4 Peer Information from the left pane.

The following information appears:

Remote IP Address (bgpPeerRemoteAddr)

Peer Identifier (bgpPeerIdentifier)

Peer Connection State (bgpPeerState)

Desired State of Connection (bgpPeerAdminStatus)

Negotiated Version (bgpPeerNegotiatedVersion)

Local IP Address (bgpPeerLocalAddr)

Local Port (bgpPeerLocalPort)

Remote Port (bgpPeerRemotePort)

Remote AS No. (bgpPeerRemoteAs)

Last Error Code (bgpPeerLastError)

Connect Retry Interval (bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval)

Hold Timer (bgpPeerHoldTime)

Keep Alive Timer (bgpPeerKeepAlive)

Configured Hold Time (bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured)

Configured KeepAlive Time (bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured)

Min AS Origination Interval (bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval)

Min Route Advertisement Interval (bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval)

## Related Topics

BGP4 General Information

BGP4 Received Paths Attributes

### Remote IP Address (bgpPeerRemoteAddr)

Remote IP address of the entry's BGP peer.

### Peer Identifier (bgpPeerIdentifier)

Identifier of the entry's BGP peer.

### Peer Connection State (bgpPeerState)

State of the BGP peer connection. State can be:

Code | Description
1 | idle
2 | connect
3 | active
4 | opensent
5 | openconfirm
6 | established

### Desired State of Connection (bgpPeerAdminStatus)

Desired state of the BGP connection. The state can be:

Code | Description
1 | stop
2 | start

A transition from stop to start generates the BGP Start Event. A transition from start to stop generates the BGP Stop Event.

### Negotiated Version (bgpPeerNegotiatedVersion)

Negotiated version of BGP running between the two peers.

### Local IP Address (bgpPeerLocalAddr)

Local IP address of the entry's BGP connection.

### Local Port (bgpPeerLocalPort)

Local port for the TCP connection between the BGP peers.

### Remote Port (bgpPeerRemotePort)

Remote port for the TCP connection between the BGP peers. Note that the objects bgpPeerLocalAddr, bgpPeerLocalPort, bgpPeerRemoteAddr, and bgpPeerRemotePort provide the appropriate reference for the standard MIB TCP connection table.

### Remote AS No. (bgpPeerRemoteAs)

Number of the remote autonomous system.

### Last Error Code (bgpPeerLastError)

Error code and subcode last seen by the peer on the connection. If no error has occurred, this field is zero. Otherwise, the first byte of this 2-byte octet string contains the error code, and the second byte contains the subcode.

### Connect Retry Interval (bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval)

Time interval in seconds for the ConnectRetry timer. The recommended value is 120 seconds.

### Hold Timer (bgpPeerHoldTime)

Time interval, in seconds, for the hold timer established with the peer. The BGP speaker calculates the value of the object by using the smaller of the two values: bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured and the hold time received in the open message.

In cases where the hold timer has not been established with the peer or the value of bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured is zero, the value of this object is zero. Otherwise, the value of this object is at least 3 seconds.

### Keep Alive Timer (bgpPeerKeepAlive)

Time interval, in seconds, for the keep alive timer established with the peer. The value of this object is calculated by the BGP speaker such that, the ratio between bgpPeerKeepAlive and bgpPeerHoldTime is the same as the ratio between bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured and bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured.

The value of this object is zero if the keep alive timer has not been established with the peer or the value of bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured is zero.

### Configured Hold Time (bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured)

Hold time interval, in seconds, configured for the BGP speaker with the peer. This value is sent to the peer by the BGP speaker in an open message, whereas bgpPeerHoldTime is received by the BGP speaker in an open message from the peer. bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured and bgpPeerHoldTime are compared to determine bgpPeerHoldTime of the peer.

bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured is zero in case the hold time has not been established with the peer. However, if it is not zero, it must be greater than or equal to 3 seconds. The recommended value is 90 seconds.

### Configured Keep Alive Time (bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured)

Keepalive time interval, in seconds, configured for the BGP speaker with the peer. This object determines the frequency of keep alive messages in relation to bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured. The actual time interval for the keep alive messages is given by bgpPeerKeepAlive. The maximum value is normally configured to be one-third of bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured.

If the value of this object is zero, no periodical keep alive messages are sent to the peer after the BGP connection is established. The recommended value for this timer is 30 seconds.

### Min AS Origination Interval (bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval)

Time interval, in seconds, for the minimum AS origination interval timer. The recommended value is 15 seconds.

### Min Route Advertisement Interval (bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval)

Time interval, in seconds, for the minimum route advertisement interval timer. The recommended value is 30 seconds.