16-7. debug ip bgp keepalives

Syntax Description: This command has no arguments.

Purpose: To debug keepalive messages sent between BGP neighbors. To configure the keepalive internal, see sections 8-31 and 13-1.

Cisco IOS Software Release: 10.0

Example: Debug BGP Keepalive Messages

Enable BGP keepalive message debugging between any two BGP neighbors:

rtrB#debug ip bgp keepalives
BGP keepalives debugging is on

rtrB#
1d06h: BGP: 172.17.1.2 sending KEEPALIVE
1d06h: BGP: 172.17.1.2 KEEPALIVE rcvd

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