Description | This article describes a known issue with BGP diagnostic commands. |
Scope | FortiGate v7.6 and earlier. |
Solution |
On earlier firmware versions, the command 'diagnose ip router bgp <module> <enable | disable>' has a known issue.
When enabling or disabling debugging for a specific module, such as 'dampening', all BGP debug categories are enabled or disabled instead, which is not correct.
First # diagnose ip router bgp dampening enable Debug messages will be on for 30 minutes.
First # diagnose ip router bgp show BGP debugging status: BGP debugging is on BGP nsm debugging is on BGP events debugging is on BGP keepalives debugging is on BGP updates debugging is on BGP fsm debugging is on BGP filter debugging is on BGP Route Flap Dampening debugging is on BGP debug level: ERROR timestamp disabled
First # diagnose ip router bgp nsm disable
First # diagnose ip router bgp show
The 'diagnose ip router bgp updates <enable | disable>' command is not affected by this issue. This command correctly enables or disables only BGP updates debugging.
The internal issue ID number is 1165424, and the issue is scheduled for fix in FortiOS v7.6.4. |
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