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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Im trying to make sure I understand the log messages Im seeing during BGP convergence events. Was hoping someone could validate what the following messages meant...</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">added - A route was received from the peer listed and added to the RIB</p><p class="MsoNormal">added [best] - A route was received from the peer listed and added to the RIB and is now the best option in the RIB</p><p class="MsoNormal">removed - A route originally received from the peer listed was removed</p><p class="MsoNormal">removed [replaced] - Im not clear on what this one actually means</p><p class="MsoNormal">ignored - A route was received from the peer listed but ignored. Does ignored in this case mean that it wasn't put in the RIB? If so - does that imply that it was filtered?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Is there a list of what all these log messages mean? Also - I assume that the < and > signify direction - that is received or sent but clarification on that would be good as well.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p></div></body></html>