Clearing MSDP information

You can clear the following MSDP information:

  • Peer information
  • Source active cache
  • MSDP statistics

Clearing peer information

To clear MSDP peer information, enter the following command at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI.

device# clear ip msdp peer 205.216.162.1

Syntax: clear ip msdp peer [ip-addr ]

The command in this example clears the MSDP peer connection with MSDP router 205.216.162.1. The CLI displays a message to indicate when the connection has been successfully closed. To clear all the peers, omit the ip-addr variable from the command.

Clearing peer information on a VRF

To clear the MSDP VRF peers, enter the following command at the MSDP VRF configuration level.

device#clear ip msdp vrf blue peer 207.207.162.5 

Syntax: clear ip msdp [vrf vrf-name ] peer [ ip-addr ]

Clearing the source active cache

To clear the source active cache, enter the following command at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI.

device# clear ip msdp sa-cache

Syntax: clear ip msdp sa-cache [ ip-addr ]

The command in this example clears all the cache entries. Use the ip-addr variable to clear only the entries matching either a source or a group.

Clearing the source active cache for a VRF

To clear the MSDP VRF source active cache by entering the following command at the MSDP VRF configuration level.

device#clear ip msdp sa-cache
 vrf blue

Syntax: clear ip msdp [vrf vrf-name ] sa-cache [ ip-addr ]

Clearing MSDP statistics

To clear MSDP statistics, enter the following command at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI.

device# clear ip msdp statistics

Syntax: clear ip msdp statistics [ ip-addr ]

The command in this example clears statistics for all the peers. To clear statistics for only a specific peer, enter the IP address of the peer.

Clearing MSDP VRF statistics

To clear the MSDP VRF statistics by entering the following command.

device# clear ip msdp vrf blue statistics 

Syntax: clear ip msdp [vrf vrf-name ] statistics [ip-addr ]

The command in this example clears statistics for all the peers. To clear statistics for only a specific peer, enter the IP address of the peer.

The command in this example clears all statistics for all the peers in the VRF "blue".