BGP/6/SLOW_PEER_SWITCHOUT

Message

BGP/6/SLOW_PEER_SWITCHOUT: Detected a slow peer and started to switch the slow peer to the slow peer group. (VpnInstance=[VpnInstance], Address Family=[addrFamily], Peer=[peer-address], Group ID=[groupID], Flag=[Flag], Reason=[reason], SourceInterface=[SourceInterface])

Description

A slow peer was detected, and BGP began to remove it from the BGP update peer-group.

Parameters

Parameter Name	Parameter Meaning
VpnInstance	VPN instance name
addrFamily	Address family
peer-address	IP address of the peer
groupID	ID of the BGP update peer-group
Flag	Peer status
reason	Reason why a slow peer was removed from the BGP update peer-group: Relative speed difference is greater than threshold: The difference between the time taken to send packets to the BGP peer and the shortest time taken to send packets to another peer in the same group was greater than the threshold. Absolute speed difference is greater than threshold: No packets were sent to the peer within the threshold time period.
SourceInterface	Source interface.

Possible Causes

The difference between the time taken to send packets to the BGP peer and the shortest time taken to send packets to another peer in the same group was greater than the threshold.

Procedure

This log message is informational only, and no action is required.