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Verify route redistribution

Updated: February 6, 2026

Overview

Explains how to confirm that routes are being successfully replicated and shared between different routing instances. This task involves using specific show commands to inspect the routing table and BGP attributes, ensuring that connectivity is established as intended.

Use this task to verify that routes are being successfully redistributed between VRFs.

The following is a sample output from the show ip bgp command using the internal keyword. This example shows that a route from VRF 102 is redistributed successfully to the global VRF after the route is replicated. 

Device# show ip bgp 10.10.10.10 internal     

BGP routing table entry for 10.10.10.10/8, version 515
Paths: (1 available, best #1, table default)
Not advertised to any peer
Refresh Epoch 1
700000 70707
10.10.14.17 from 0.0.0.0 (172.16.255.15)
Origin IGP, aigp-metric 77775522, metric 7777, localpref 100, weight 32768, valid, sourced, replicated, best
Community: 0:7227 65535:65535
Extended Community: SoO:721:75 RT:50000:102
rx pathid: 0, tx pathid: 0x0
net: 0x7FB320235DC0, path: 0x7FB320245DF8, pathext: 0x7FB3203A4660
flags: net: 0x0, path: 0x808040003, pathext: 0x81
attribute: 0x7FB38E5B6258, ref: 14
Updated on Jul 1 2021 01:16:36 UTC

In this output, the route is redistributed from VRF 102 to the global VRF.

The following is a sample output from the show ip route command that shows the routes replicated for redistribution. 

Device# show ip route 10.10.10.10 

Routing entry for 10.10.10.10/8
Known via "bgp 50000", distance 60, metric 7777
Tag 700000, type external, 
replicated from topology(102)
Redistributing via ospf 65535, bgp 50000
Advertised by ospf 65535
bgp 50000 (self originated)
Last update from 10.10.14.17 5d15h ago
Routing Descriptor Blocks:
* 10.10.14.17 (102), from 10.10.14.17, 5d15h ago
opaque_ptr 0x7FB3202563A8 
Route metric is 7777, traffic share count is 1
AS Hops 2
Route tag 700000
MPLS label: none

The following is a sample output from the show ip bgp vpnv4 vrf command using the internal keyword. 

Device# show ip bgp vpnv4 vrf 102 209.165.201.0 internal      

BGP routing table entry for 1:102:10.10.10.10/8, version 679
BGP routing table entry for 1:209.165.201.0/27, version 679
Paths: (1 available, best #1, table 102)
Advertised to update-groups:
4 
Refresh Epoch 1
7111 300000
10.1.15.13 (via default) from 0.0.0.0 (172.16.255.15)
Origin IGP, aigp-metric 5755, metric 900, localpref 300, weight 32768, valid, sourced, replicated, best
Community: 555:666
Large Community: 1:2:3 5:6:7 412789:412780:755
Extended Community: SoO:533:53 RT:50000:102
rx pathid: 0, tx pathid: 0x0
net: 0x7FB38E5C5718, path: 0x7FB3202668D8, pathext: 0x7FB38E69E960
flags: net: 0x0, path: 0x808040007, pathext: 0x181
attribute: 0x7FB320256798, ref: 7
Updated on Jul 6 2021 16:43:04 UTC

In this output, the route is redistributed from the global VRF to VRF 102.

The following is a sample output from the show ip route vrf command that shows the routes replicated for redistribution for VRF 102. 

Device# show ip route vrf 102 209.165.201.0 

Routing Table: 102
Routing entry for 209.165.201.0/27
Known via "bgp 50000", distance 20, metric 900
Tag 7111, type external, 
replicated from topology(default)
Redistributing via bgp 50000
Advertised by bgp 50000 (self originated)
Last update from 10.1.15.13 00:04:57 ago
Routing Descriptor Blocks:
* 10.1.15.13 (default), from 10.1.15.13, 00:04:57 ago
opaque_ptr 0x7FB38E5B5E98 
Route metric is 900, traffic share count is 1
AS Hops 2
Route tag 7111
MPLS label: none