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300-410 Practice Question: Runs the following command on Router R1: R1# show…
A network engineer runs the following command on Router R1:
R1# show bgp neighbors 10.1.12.2 received-routes
BGP table version is 15, local router ID is 10.1.1.1 Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal, r RIB-failure, S Stale, m multipath, b backup-path, f RT-Filter, x best-external, a additional-path, c RIB-compressed, Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path *> 10.2.2.0/24 10.1.12.2 0 0 65002 i
Total number of prefixes 1
Based on this output, what can be inferred about the BGP session?
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The BGP session is established and the neighbor is advertising one prefix.
The output shows that R1 has received one prefix (10.2.2.0/24) from neighbor 10.1.12.2. The prefix is valid and best. This indicates the BGP session is established and exchanging routes.
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The BGP session is not established.
Why it's wrong here
If the session were not established, no routes would be received.
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The BGP session is established and the neighbor is advertising one prefix.
Why this is correct
The presence of a received route indicates the session is up and the neighbor is sending prefixes.
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The BGP session is in Active state.
Why it's wrong here
Active state would show no received routes.
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The BGP session is in Idle state.
Why it's wrong here
Idle state would show no received routes.
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