Clearing Statistics on MSDP Peers

Context

When you clear statistics on MSDP peers, you can determine whether to reset TCP connections between MSDP peers. Resetting TCP connections will affect MSDP running.

Statistics on MSDP peers cannot be restored after you clear them. Therefore, exercise caution when you run the command.

Procedure

Run the reset msdp [ vpn-instance vpn-instance-name | all-instance ] peer [ peer-address ] command in the user view to reset the TCP connection with a specified MSDP peer and clear statistics about the specified MSDP peer.
Run the reset msdp [ vpn-instance vpn-instance-name | all-instance ] statistics [ peer-address ] command in the user view to clear statistics about one or more MSDP peers but not to reset TCP connections.
Run the reset msdp [ vpn-instance vpn-instance-name | all-instance ] control-message counters [ peer peer-address ] command in the user view to clear statistics about received, sent, and discarded MSDP messages.