display msdp control-message counters

Function

The display msdp control-message counters command displays statistics about MSDP messages.

Format

display msdp control-message counters [ peer peer-address | message-type { source-active | sa-request | sa-response | keepalive | notification | traceroute-request | traceroute-reply | data-packets | unknown-type } ] ^*

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
peer peer-address	Specifies IP address of MSDP peer. If peer peer-address is specified, only statistics about the MSDP messages received, sent, and discarded on a specified MSDP peer are displayed.	The value is in dotted decimal notation.
message-type	Specifies MSDP message types. If message-type is specified, only statistics about the MSDP messages received, sent, and discarded of a specified type are displayed.	-
source-active	Displays the statistics about Source-Active messages on the interface.	-
sa-request	Displays the statistics about Source-Active Request messages on the interface.	-
sa-response	Displays the statistics about Source-Active Response messages on the interface.	-
keepalive	Displays the statistics about KeepAlive messages on the interface.	-
notification	Displays the statistics about Notification messages on the interface.	-
traceroute-request	Displays the statistics about Traceroute Request messages on the interface.	-
traceroute-reply	Displays the statistics about Traceroute Reply messages on the interface.	-
data-packets	Displays the statistics about data packets on the interface.	-
unknown-type	Displays the statistics about unknown type messages on the interface.	-

Views

All views

Default Level

1: Monitoring level

Usage Guidelines

Usage Scenario

This command helps you learn MSDP running status by displaying statistics about received, sent, and discarded MSDP messages.

Precautions

This command displays statistics about MSDP messages only when the MSDP peer has been configured.

Example

# Display statistics about the MSDP messages that are received, sent, and discarded by the peer 192.168.3.3.

<HUAWEI> display msdp control-message counters peer 192.168.3.3
 MSDP message counters for peer: 192.168.3.3
                          Received         Sent             Invalid
 Source-Active            0                0                0
 Source-Active Request    0                0                0
 Source-Active Response   0                0                0
 KeepAlive                48               49               0
 Notification             0                1                0
 Traceroute Request       0                -                -
 Traceroute Reply         0                -                -
 Data Packets             0                0                0
 Unknown Type             1                -                1

**Table 1** Description of the **display msdp control-message counters peer 192.168.3.3** command output
Item	Description
MSDP message counters for peer	IP addresses of MSDP peers.
Received	Number of received messages.
Sent	Number of sent messages.
Invalid	Number of invalid messages.
Source-Active	Source-Active message: carries multiple (S, G) entries and is transmitted among several RPs; encapsulates PIM-SM multicast data.
Source-Active Request	Source-Active Request message: requests (S, G) list of a specified group G to reduce the delay in joining the group.
Source-Active Response	Source-Active Response message: responds to SA request messages.
KeepAlive	Keepalive message: maintains MSDP peer connections. Keepalive packets are sent only when no other protocol packets are exchanged between MSDP peers.
Notification	Notification message.
Traceroute Request	Traceroute Request message: traces and detects the RPF path along which SA messages are transmitted.
Traceroute Reply	Traceroute Reply message: traces and detects the RPF path along which SA messages are transmitted.
Data Packets	Data packets.
Unknown Type	Unknown type message.