BGP States
BGP States
BGP States
If successful
event. Open 6
Initiates a TCP session with
2 Sent 8
remote BGP neighbor.
If un-successful
If successful
If successful
Idle Connect Open
1 4 7 Confirm
2. It waits for TCP 3-way hand
shake to complete. 3 8. BGP waits for
3. If the connect retry timer Active keep alive messages
expires it again initiates TCP from remote BGP
session with remote peer. 4. BGP will try another TCP peer.
session to establish
connection with remote BGP If successful it move
neighbor. to establish state and
neighbor adjacency is
5. It returns back to connect completed.
5 state.
If un-successful