Events for BGPSession lists the events that are detected for BGPSession.

Table 1. Events for BGPSession

Event

Description

Disconnected

This BGP session is not established.

Down

This BGP link between neighboring endpoints is down.

Flapping

This BGP session is experiencing transient functional problems. At least one of the BGPSessionGroupocol endpoints that are connected through this BGP session is flapping.

This event contains the following information:

  • Real flapping flag from session

  • Total flapping count from session

  • Total trap count from session

  • First flapping time

  • Total trap count and trap count for last flapping period from both endpoints

  • Timestamp of the first and last trap received from both endpoints

  • Configured trap count and time window from both endpoints

    Note:

    Flapping for BGP sessions is diagnosed by using the settings described in the VMware Smart Assurance Network Protocol Manager Configuration Guide.