C Commands

This chapter describes the Cisco NX-OS MSDP commands that begin with C.

clear ip msdp event-history

To clear information in the Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) event history buffers, use the clear ip msdp event-history command.

clear ip msdp event-history

 
Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to clear information in the MSDP event history buffers:

switch(config)# clear ip msdp event-history
switch(config)#

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

ip msdp event-history

Configures the size of the MSDP event history buffers.

show ip msdp event-history

Displays information in the MSDP event history buffers.

clear ip msdp peer

To clear a TCP connection to Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) peers, use the clear ip msdp peer command.

clear ip msdp peer peer-address [ vrf vrf-name | default | management ]

 
Syntax Description

peer-address

IP address of the MSDP peer.

vrf

(Optional) Clears the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance information.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

default

Specifies that the default VRF entry be cleared from the multicast routing table.

management

Specifies that the management VRF entry be cleared from the multicast routing table.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to clear a TCP connection to an MSDP peer:

switch# clear ip msdp peer 192.168.1.10
switch#

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

show ip msdp peer

Displays information about MSDP peers.

clear ip msdp policy statistics sa-policy

To clear the Source-Active (SA) policy for Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) peers, use the clear ip msdp policy statistics sa-policy command.

clear ip msdp policy statistics sa-policy peer-address { in | out } [ vrf vrf-name | default | management ]

 
Syntax Description

peer-address

IP address of the MSDP peer for the SA policy.

in

Specifies the input policy.

out

Specifies the output policy.

vrf

(Optional) Clears the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance information.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

default

(Optional) Specifies that the default VRF entry be cleared from the multicast routing table.

management

(Optional) Specifies that the management VRF entry be cleared from the multicast routing table.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to clear an SA policy for an MSDP peer:

switch# clear ip msdp policy statistics sa-policy
switch#

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

show ip msdp peer

Displays information about MSDP peers.

clear ip msdp route

To clear routes that match group entries in the Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) Source-Active (SA) cache, use the clear ip msdp route command.

clear ip msdp route { * | group | group-prefix } [ vrf { vrf-name | all | default | management }]

 
Syntax Description

*

Specifies all sources for the group from the SA cache.

group

Group address in the format A. B. C. D.

group-prefix

Group prefix in the format A. B. C. D / length.

vrf

(Optional) Clears the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance information.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

all

Specifies that all VRF entries be cleared from the SA-cache.

default

Specifies that the default VRF entry be cleared from the SA-cache.

management

Specifies that the management VRF entry be cleared from the SA-cache.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

You can also use the clear ip msdp sa-cache command for the same function.

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to clear the MSDP SA cache:

switch# clear ip msdp route *
switch#

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

clear ip msdp sa-cache

Clears the MSDP SA cache.

clear ip msdp sa-cache

To clear routes that match group entries in the Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) Source-Active (SA) cache, use the clear ip msdp sa-cache command.

clear ip msdp sa-cache { * | group | group-prefix } [ vrf { vrf-name | all | default | management }]

 
Syntax Description

*

Specifies all sources for the group from the SA cache.

group

Group address in the format A. B. C. D.

group-prefix

Group prefix in the format A. B. C. D / length.

vrf

(Optional) Clears the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance information.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

all

Specifies that all VRF entries be cleared from the SA-cache.

default

Specifies that the default VRF entry be cleared from the SA-cache.

management

Specifies that the management VRF entry be cleared from the SA-cache.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

You can also use the clear ip msdp route command for the same function.

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to clear the MSDP SA cache:

switch# clear ip msdp sa-cache
switch#

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

clear ip msdp route

Clears the MSDP SA cache.

show ip msdp sa-cache

Displays route information in the MSDP Source-Active cache.

clear ip msdp statistics

To clear statistics for Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) peers, use the clear ip msdp statistics command.

clear ip msdp statistics [ peer-address ] [ vrf vrf-name | default | management ]

 
Syntax Description

peer-address

(Optional) IP address of the MSDP peer.

vrf

(Optional) Clears the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance information.

vrf-name

VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive.

default

(Optional) Specifies that the default VRF entry be cleared from the multicast routing table.

management

(Optional) Specifies that the management VRF entry be cleared from the multicast routing table.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Any command mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(3)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to clear MSDP statistics for all MSDP peers:

switch# clear ip msdp statistics
switch#
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

show ip msdp peer

Displays information about MSDP peers.