You can determine whether there are events on any devices in your
BGP networks. Use the BGP Network network view to monitor BGP networks for
events.
To monitor BGP networks, proceed as follows.
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Click the Incident icon and select .
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In the navigation tree on the left of the widget, click the + symbol to expand the BGP Network
node.
For each top-level node, an event status icon to the right of the tree indicates the
status of devices in that node.
- Determine the most severe event in each BGP network based on the
associated event status icon.
- If a BGP network node has an event status icon of severity minor
or higher then select it.
The network map displays devices
in that BGP network and marks faulty devices with an event status icon.
- Check the status of the following devices within the network map.
- EBGP speaker devices:
EBGP speaker devices
connect BGP ASs and are essential for correct BGP network operation. In the
network map, an EBGP speaker device appears as a member of one BGP AS but
is also connected to a separate EBGP speaker device that is a member of a
different BGP AS.
- Route reflector (RR) devices:
Route reflector
devices are responsible for communicating with a subset (cluster) of routers
within an AS. Route reflectors perform peer operations with each other and
hence avoid the need to fully mesh BGP ASs. Correct operation of route reflectors
is therefore essential for correct connections within the BGP AS.
Route
reflectors are marked with the label RR within the network map.