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@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Monitors status of Cisco BGP peers
 Check Info:
 
 * *service*: this check creates one service for each peer/address family  (IPv4 and IPv6)
-* *state*: [WHEN WILL THE CHECK be **critical** or **warning** or **ok** or **unknown**]
+* *state*: \
+    **critical**: if Peer state is idle or if acceptedprefixed >= prefixadminlimit\
+    **warning**: if Peer state is not idle or established, Peer uptime < min. uptime, if Admin state is not admin start, if acceptedprefixed >= warnthreshold
 * *wato*: 
     * **min uptime**: minimum time before a bgp peer connection is consinderd as stable, default 86400 seconds (1 day)
     * **Local AS**: use AS as local AS, if SNMP *cbgpPeer2LocalAs* is not valid