Show Commands

This chapter describes the Cisco NX-OS MSDP show commands.

show ip msdp count

To display information about Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) counts, use the show ip msdp count command.

show ip msdp count [ asn ] [ vrf { vrf-name | all }]

 
Syntax Description

asn

(Optional) Autonomous system (AS) number.

vrf

(Optional) Applies to a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

all

Specifies all VRFs.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to display MSDP counts:

switch(config)# show ip msdp count
 

show ip msdp event-history

To display information in the Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) event history buffers, use the show ip msdp event-history command.

show ip msdp event-history { errors | msgs | statistics }

 
Syntax Description

errors

Displays events of type error.

msgs

Displays events of type msg.

statistics

Displays events of type statistics.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

Examples

This example shows how to display information in the MSDP msgs event history buffer:

switch(config)# show ip msdp event-history msgs
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

clear ip msdp event-history

Clears the contents of the MSDP event history buffers.

ip msdp event-history

Configures the size of MSDP event history buffers.

show ip msdp mesh-group

To display information about Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) mesh groups, use the show ip msdp mesh-group command.

show ip msdp mesh-group [ mesh-group ] [ vrf { vrf-name | all }]

 
Syntax Description

mesh-group

(Optional) Mesh group name.

vrf

(Optional) Applies to a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

all

Specifies all VRFs.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to display information about MSDP mesh groups:

switch(config)# show ip msdp mesh-group
 

show ip msdp peer

To display information about Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) peers, use the show ip msdp peer command.

show ip msdp peer [ peer-address ] [ vrf { vrf-name | all }]

 
Syntax Description

peer-address

(Optional) IP address of an MSDP peer.

vrf

(Optional) Applies to a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

all

Specifies all VRFs.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to display information about MSDP peers:

switch(config)# show ip msdp peer
 

show ip msdp policy statistics sa-policy

To display information about Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) Source-Active (SA) policies, use the show ip msdp policy statistics sa-policy command.

show ip msdp policy statistics sa-policy peer-address { in | out } [ vrf { vrf-name }]

 
Syntax Description

peer-address

IP address of the MSDP peer for the SA policy.

in

Specifies the input policy.

out

Specifies the output policy.

vrf

(Optional) Applies to a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to display information about MSDP SA policies:

switch(config)# show ip msdp policy statistics sa-policy 192.168.1.10 in
 

show ip msdp route

To display information about the Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) Source-Active (SA) cache, use the show ip msdp route command.

show ip msdp route [{ source [ group ]} | { group [ source ]}] [ asn ] [ peer peer ] [ detail ] [ vrf { vrf-name | all }]

 
Syntax Description

source

Source address for SA cache information.

group

(Optional) Group address for SA cache information.

asn

(Optional) Autonomous system (AS) number.

peer peer

(Optional) Specifies the IP address of a peer.

detail

(Optional) Displays detailed information.

vrf

(Optional) Applies to a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

all

Specifies all VRFs.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

The show ip msdp sa-cache command is an alternative form of this command.

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to display information about the MSDP SA cache:

switch(config)# show ip msdp route
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

clear ip msdp route

Clears routes in the MSDP Source-Active cache.

show ip msdp sa-cache

Displays information about the MSDP SA cache.

show ip msdp rpf

To display information about the Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) next-hop autonomous system (AS) on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) path to a rendezvous point (RP) address, use the show ip msdp rpf command.

show ip msdp rpf rp-address [ vrf { vrf-name all }]

 
Syntax Description

rp-address

IP address of the RP.

vrf

(Optional) Applies to a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

all

Specifies all VRFs.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to display information about MSDP reverse path forwarding (RPF) peers:

switch(config)# show ip msdp rpf 192.168.1.10
 

 

show ip msdp sa-cache

To display information about the Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) Source-Active (SA) cache, use the show ip msdp sa-cache command.

show ip msdp sa-cache [{ source [ group ]} | { group [ source ]}] [ asn ] [ peer peer ] [ detail ] [ vrf { vrf-name | all }]

 
Syntax Description

source

Source address for SA cache information.

group

(Optional) Group address for SA cache information.

asn

(Optional) Autonomous system (AS) number.

peer peer

(Optional) Specifies the IP address of a peer.

detail

(Optional) Displays detailed information.

vrf

(Optional) Applies to a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

all

Specifies all VRFs.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

The show ip msdp route command is an alternative form of this command.

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to display information about the MSDP SA cache:

switch(config)# show ip msdp sa-cache
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

clear ip msdp sa-cache

Clears routes in the MSDP Source-Active cache.

show ip msdp route

Displays information about the MSDP SA cache.

show ip msdp route

To display information about the Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) Source-Active (SA) route cache, use the show ip msdp route command.

show ip msdp route [{ source [ group ]} | { group [ source ]}] [ asn ] [ peer peer ] [ detail ] [ vrf { vrf-name | all }]

 
Syntax Description

source

Source address for SA cache information.

group

(Optional) Group address for SA cache information.

asn

(Optional) Autonomous system (AS) number.

peer peer

(Optional) Specifies the IP address of a peer.

detail

(Optional) Displays detailed information.

vrf

(Optional) Applies to a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

all

Specifies all VRFs.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

The show ip msdp route command is an alternative form of this command.

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to display information about the MSDP SA cache:

switch(config)# show ip msdp sa-cache
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

clear ip msdp sa-cache

Clears routes in the MSDP Source-Active cache.

show ip msdp route

Displays information about the MSDP SA cache.

show ip msdp sources

To display information about Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) learned sources, use the show ip msdp sources command.

show ip msdp sources [ vrf { vrf-name | all }]

 
Syntax Description

vrf

(Optional) Applies to a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

all

Specifies all VRFs.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to display information about MSDP learned sources:

switch(config)# show ip msdp sources
 

show ip msdp summary

To display summary information about Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) peers, use the show ip msdp summary command.

show ip msdp summary [ vrf { vrf-name | all }]

 
Syntax Description

vrf

(Optional) Applies to a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

all

Specifies all VRFs.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to display summary information about MSDP peers:

switch(config)# show ip msdp summary
 

show running-config msdp

To display information about the running-system configuration for Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP), use the show running-config msdp command.

show running-config msdp [ all ]

 
Syntax Description

all

(Optional) Displays configured and default information.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to display information about the MSDP running-system configuration:

switch(config)# show running-config msdp
 
!Command: show running-config msdp
!Time: Sat Apr 12 09:14:49 2008
 
version 5.0(3)N1(1)
feature msdp
 
 
switch(config)#
 

 

show startup-config msdp

To display information about the startup-system configuration for Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP), use the show startup-config msdp command.

show startup-config msdp [ all ]

 
Syntax Description

all

(Optional) Displays configured and default information.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to display information about the startup-system configuration for MSDP:

switch(config)# show startup-config msdp