Difference of BGP counters

[samira1371]

Can anyone please tell me what is the difference between "Prefixes Current" and "Prefixes Total" of following output.

#sh ip bgp neighbors

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                                 Sent       Rcvd
  Prefix activity:               ----       ----
    Prefixes Current:              11          4 (Consumes 320 bytes)
    Prefixes Total:              1508          4
    Implicit Withdraw:             80          0
    Explicit Withdraw:           1114          0
    Used as bestpath:             n/a          4
    Used as multipath:            n/a          0

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[milan.kulik]

Hi,

IMHO, the  "Prefixes Current" should show the same numbers as "sh ip bgp nei ... adv/received-routes".

While "Prefixes Total" should show the numbers of prefixes sent/received during all the time the BGP process was running.

I.e., Prefixes Current+Implicit Withdraw+ Explicit Withdraw should be equal to the Prefixes Total in theory, if not the BGP session flapped possibly?

Best regards,

Milan