show ip bgp output

[Kashish_Patel]

What does Local mean in this output?

R4#show ip bgp 10.6.0.0/24
BGP routing table entry for 10.6.0.0/24, version 19
Paths: (1 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
  Advertised to update-groups:
        2
  Local    192.168.0.6 (metric 156160) from 192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5)
      Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, internal, best
      Originator: 192.168.0.6, Cluster list: 192.168.0.5

[Kashish_Patel]

Can any expert help me understand what is the meaning of Local in the above output? Thanks.

[Ravindra Simpi]

It means that the prefix is locally generated.

Can you please paste o/p of 'show run | sec bgp'

[John Blakley]

Kashish,

R4#show ip bgp 10.6.0.0/24
BGP routing table entry for 10.6.0.0/24, version 19
Paths: (1 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
  Advertised to update-groups:
        2
  Local    192.168.0.6 (metric 156160) from 192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5)
      Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, internal, best
      Originator: 192.168.0.6, Cluster list: 192.168.0.5

Local means that it was learned from an ibgp neighbor. Since you have a cluster list appended, it would indicate that this is a route reflector client. The next hop is 192.168.0.5 and the advertising router is 192.168.0.6 (the Originator).

HTH,
John

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