Re: BGP rib failure

From: ccie2be (ccie2be@nyc.rr.com)
Date: Wed Sep 08 2004 - 18:12:06 GMT-3


Thanks Marvin.

I'll check out that q & a.

I'm glad to learn that the cause might be benign.

Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marvin Greenlee" <marvingreenlee@yahoo.com>
To: "ccie2be" <ccie2be@nyc.rr.com>
Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: BGP rib failure

> "When BGP tries to install bestpath prefix into
> Routing Information Base (RIB), i.e., the IP Routing
> table, RIB might reject the BGP route due to any of
> the following reasons:
>
> 1. Route with better administrative distance already
> present in IGP, for example, if a static route already
> exists in IP Routing table.
> 2. Memory failure.
> 3. The number of routes in VPN routing/forwarding
> (VRF) exceeds the route-limit configured under the VRF
> instance.
> In such cases, the prefixes that are rejected for the
> above reasons are identified by r RIB Failure in the
> show ip bgp command output and are not advertised to
> the peers. This feature was first made available in
> Cisco IOS Software release 12.2(08.05)T."
>
>
>
>
> BGP - Frequently Asked Questions -
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/tk80/technologies_q_and_a_item09186a00800949e8.shtml
>
>
> Marvin Greenlee
> Network Learning, Inc.
> marvin@ccbootcamp.com
> --- ccie2be <ccie2be@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> HI guys,
>>
>> when I did a show ip bgp I got this output
>>
>> r>i 136.6.23.2 0
>> 100 0 300 200 400 i
>> r 136.6.44.0/24 136.6.15.5
>> 0 200 200 200 200
>> 200
>> 400 i
>> r>i 136.6.23.2 0
>> 100 0 300 200 400 i
>> *>i205.90.31.0 136.6.23.2 0
>> 100 0 300 200 254 ?
>>
>>
>> As you can see, there's a "r" next to 2 of the
>> entries. Why is that? And,
>> more importantly, what should I do about it?
>>
>> Also, how will that affect routing?
>>
>> Thanks in advance, Tim
>>
>>
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