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A few questions about BGP output and commands

hfakoor222
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1)Is that the address in Hex below?     Also what does Refcount mean?

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The following list explains some of the fields that appear in the preceding output from the

show ip bgp paths

command.

  • Address— Memory address of where the path is stored.

  • Hash— Hash bucket where the path is stored.

  • Refcount— Number of prefixes using that path.

  • Metric— Multi-exit ...

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The following list explains some of the fields that appear in the preceding output from the

show ip bgp paths

command.

  • Address— Memory address of where the path is stored.

  • Hash— Hash bucket where the path is stored.

  • Refcount— Number of prefixes using that path.

  • Metric— Multi-exit ...

How can I interpret or translate that memory hash in where it's stored to something I can understand?

 

Or how can I make use of it?

Hello,

 

good question. The only thing I could find that might explain the concept of the hash buckets is the thread below. It has to do with CEF and 16 hash buckets...

 

https://community.cisco.com/t5/routing/cef-load-sharing/td-p/2464585

would anyone know off hand what the

show ip gp

 

memory hashes in the above image mean?

 

Thanks

Tonight i will send you case we use this hash.

Dont worry