Clearing Peer Statistics
To clear the peer statistics, use the following command.
Reset the TCP connection to the peer and clear all peer statistics.
CONFIGURATION mode
clear ip msdp peer peer-address
Example of the clear ip msdp peer Command and Verifying Statistics are Cleared
R3_E600(conf)#do show ip msdp peer
Peer Addr: 192.168.0.1
Local Addr: 192.168.0.3(639) Connect Source: Lo 0
State: Established Up/Down Time: 00:04:26
Timers: KeepAlive 30 sec, Hold time 75 sec
SourceActive packet count (in/out): 5/0
SAs learned from this peer: 0
SA Filtering:
Input (S,G) filter: myremotefilter
Output (S,G) filter: none
R3_E600(conf)#do clear ip msdp peer 192.168.0.1
R3_E600(conf)#do show ip msdp peer
Peer Addr: 192.168.0.1
Local Addr: 0.0.0.0(0) Connect Source: Lo 0
State: Inactive Up/Down Time: 00:00:04
Timers: KeepAlive 30 sec, Hold time 75 sec
SourceActive packet count (in/out): 0/0
SAs learned from this peer: 0
SA Filtering:
Input (S,G) filter: myremotefilter
Output (S,G) filter: none
Debugging MSDP
To debug MSDP, use the following command.
Display the information exchanged between peers.
CONFIGURATION mode
debug ip msdp
Example of the debug ip msdp Command
R1_E600(conf)#do debug ip msdp
All MSDP debugging has been turned on
R1_E600(conf)#03:16:08 : MSDP-0: Peer 192.168.0.3, sent Keepalive msg
03:16:09 : MSDP-0: Peer 192.168.0.3, rcvd Keepalive msg
03:16:27 : MSDP-0: Peer 192.168.0.3, sent Source Active msg
03:16:38 : MSDP-0: Peer 192.168.0.3, sent Keepalive msg
03:16:39 : MSDP-0: Peer 192.168.0.3, rcvd Keepalive msg
03:17:09 : MSDP-0: Peer 192.168.0.3, sent Keepalive msg
Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) 589