How to verify if MED attribute value is advertised correctly to a BGP peer
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Created On 07/27/19 02:33 AM - Last Modified 08/21/20 01:51 AM
Objective
Med is an attribute used in BGP to influence path selection. When configured, this value is not displayed in GUI.
GUI: Network > Virtual Routers > More Runtime Stats > BGP > RIB Out
Environment
- PAN-OS
- All Firewalls
Procedure
MED attribute advertisement can be verified on the local firewall using the CLI command show routing protocol bgp rib-out-detail.
admin@PA-VM-196> show routing protocol bgp rib-out-detail
VIRTUAL ROUTER: default (id 1)
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Prefix: 172.21.101.0/24
Nexthop: 10.46.198.101
Peer: to197 (id 1)
Advertise status: advertised
Aggregation status: no aggregate
Originator ID: 0.0.0.0
AS Path: 196
Origin: N/A
MED: 200
Local Preference: 0
Atomic aggregate: no
Aggregator AS: 0
Aggregator ID: 0.0.0.0