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show msdp

Syntax

show msdp<brief | detail><instance instance-name><logical-system (all | logical-system-name)><peer peer-address>

Release Information

Command introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.

Command introduced in Junos OS Release 12.1 for the QFX Series.

Description

Display Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) information.

Options

none

Display standard MSDP information for all routing instances.

brief | detail

(Optional) Display the specified level of output.

instance instance-name

(Optional) Display information for the specified instance only.

logical-system (all | logical-system-name)

(Optional) Perform this operation on all logical systems or on a particular logical system.

peer peer-address

(Optional) Display information about the specified peer only,

Required Privilege Level

view

List of Sample Output

show msdp
show msdp brief
show msdp detail

Output Fields

Table 1 describes the output fields for the show msdp command. Output fields are listed in the approximate order in which they appear.

Table 1: show msdp Output Fields

Field Name

Field Description

Level of Output

Peer address

IP address of the peer.

All levels

Local address

Local address of the peer.

All levels

State

Status of the MSDP connection: Listen, Established, or Inactive.

All levels

Last up/down

Time at which the most recent peer-state change occurred.

All levels

Peer-Group

Peer group name.

All levels

SA Count

Number of source-active cache entries advertised by each peer that were accepted, compared to the number that were received, in the format number-accepted/number-received.

All levels

Peer Connect Retries

Number of peer connection retries.

detail

State timer expires

Number of seconds before another message is sent to a peer.

detail

Peer Times out

Number of seconds to wait for a response from the peer before the peer is declared unavailable.

detail

SA accepted

Number of entries in the source-active cache accepted from the peer.

detail

SA received

Number of entries in the source-active cache received by the peer.

detail

Sample Output

show msdp

user@host> show msdp
Peer address    Local address   State       Last up/down Peer-Group SA Count
198.32.8.193    198.32.8.195    Established  5d 19:25:44 North23    120/150 
198.32.8.194    198.32.8.195    Established  3d 19:27:27 North23    300/345  
198.32.8.196    198.32.8.195    Established  5d 19:39:36 North23    10/13 
198.32.8.197    198.32.8.195    Established  5d 19:32:27 North23    5/6 
198.32.8.198    198.32.8.195    Established  3d 19:33:04 North23    2305/3000 

show msdp brief

The output for the show msdp brief command is identical to that for the show msdp command. For sample output, see show msdp.

show msdp detail

user@host> show msdp detail
Peer: 10.255.70.15
Local address: 10.255.70.19
State: Established
Peer Connect Retries: 0
State timer expires: 22
Peer Times out: 49
SA accepted: 0
SA received: 0

Published: 2013-04-03