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show route inactive-path

date_range 19-Nov-23

Syntax

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show route inactive-path
<brief | detail | extensive | terse>
<logical-system (all | logical-system-name)>

Syntax (EX Series Switches)

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show route inactive-path
<brief | detail | extensive | terse>

Description

Display routes for destinations that have no active route. An inactive route is a route that was not selected as the best path.

Options

none

Display all inactive routes.

brief | detail | extensive | terse

(Optional) Display the specified level of output. If you do not specify a level of output, the system defaults to brief.

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

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

Required Privilege Level

view

Output Fields

For information about output fields, see the output field tables for the show route command, the show route detail command, the show route extensive command, or the show route terse command.

Sample Output

show route inactive-path

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user@host> show route inactive-path   

inet.0: 25 destinations, 26 routes (24 active, 0 holddown, 1 hidden)
Restart Complete
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

10.12.100.12/30     [OSPF/10] 03:57:28, metric 1
                    > via so-0/3/0.0

private1__.inet.0: 2 destinations, 3 routes (2 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

10.0.0.0/8          [Direct/0] 04:39:56
                    > via fxp1.0

red.inet.0: 6 destinations, 8 routes (4 active, 0 holddown, 3 hidden)
Restart Complete
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

10.12.80.0/30       [BGP/170] 04:38:17, localpref 100
                      AS path: 100 I
                    > to 10.12.80.1 via ge-6/3/2.0

iso.0: 1 destinations, 1 routes (1 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
Restart Complete

mpls.0: 4 destinations, 4 routes (4 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
Restart Complete

bgp.l3vpn.0: 3 destinations, 3 routes (0 active, 0 holddown, 3 hidden)
Restart Complete

inet6.0: 2 destinations, 2 routes (2 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
Restart Complete

private1__.inet6.0: 1 destinations, 1 routes (1 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)

show route inactive-path detail

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user@host> show route inactive-path detail    

inet.0: 25 destinations, 26 routes (24 active, 0 holddown, 1 hidden)
Restart Complete

10.12.100.12/30 (2 entries, 1 announced)
         OSPF   Preference: 10
                Next-hop reference count: 1
                Next hop: via so-0/3/0.0, selected
                State: <Int>
                Inactive reason: Route Preference
                Local AS:     1 
                Age: 3:58:24    Metric: 1 
                Area: 0.0.0.0
                Task: OSPF
                AS path: I

private1__.inet.0: 2 destinations, 3 routes (2 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)

10.0.0.0/8 (2 entries, 0 announced)
         Direct Preference: 0
                Next hop type: Interface
                Next-hop reference count: 1
                Next hop: via fxp1.0, selected
                State: <NotBest Int>
                Inactive reason: No difference
                Age: 4:40:52 
                Task: IF
                AS path: I

red.inet.0: 6 destinations, 8 routes (4 active, 0 holddown, 3 hidden)
Restart Complete

10.12.80.0/30 (2 entries, 1 announced)
         BGP    Preference: 170/-101
                Next-hop reference count: 6
                Source: 10.12.80.1
                Next hop: 10.12.80.1 via ge-6/3/2.0, selected
                State: <Ext>
                Inactive reason: Route Preference
                Peer AS:   100
                Age: 4:39:13 
                Task: BGP_100.10.12.80.1+179
                AS path: 100 I
                Localpref: 100
                Router ID: 10.0.0.0

show route inactive-path extensive

The output for the show route inactive-path extensive command is identical to that of the show route inactive-path detail command.

show route inactive-path terse

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user@host> show route inactive-path terse    

inet.0: 25 destinations, 26 routes (24 active, 0 holddown, 1 hidden)
Restart Complete
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

A Destination        P Prf   Metric 1   Metric 2  Next hop        AS path
  10.12.100.12/30    O  10          1            >so-0/3/0.0   

private1__.inet.0: 2 destinations, 3 routes (2 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

A Destination        P Prf   Metric 1   Metric 2  Next hop        AS path
  10.0.0.0/8         D   0                       >fxp1.0       

red.inet.0: 6 destinations, 8 routes (4 active, 0 holddown, 3 hidden)
Restart Complete
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

A Destination        P Prf   Metric 1   Metric 2  Next hop        AS path
  10.12.80.0/30      B 170        100            >10.12.80.1      100 I

iso.0: 1 destinations, 1 routes (1 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
Restart Complete

mpls.0: 4 destinations, 4 routes (4 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
Restart Complete

bgp.l3vpn.0: 3 destinations, 3 routes (0 active, 0 holddown, 3 hidden)
Restart Complete

inet6.0: 2 destinations, 2 routes (2 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
Restart Complete

private1__.inet6.0: 1 destinations, 1 routes (1 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)

Release Information

Command introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.

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