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authorOndrej Zajicek (work) <santiago@crfreenet.org>2020-11-12 04:50:45 +0100
committerOndrej Zajicek (work) <santiago@crfreenet.org>2020-11-12 04:50:45 +0100
commit4a42e7e92520e7d07e585d542ef54e1de302fb1d (patch)
tree57be9b62ebface6149714b4baa3382579f4be091 /doc/bird.sgml
parent3b56bf8849283977f2f4fa7b8f3dc62fdd8d7587 (diff)
BFD: Update documentation about per-session options
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@@ -1943,6 +1943,8 @@ configuration is often sufficient.
<p>Note that to use BFD for other protocols like OSPF or BGP, these protocols
also have to be configured to request BFD sessions, usually by <cf/bfd/ option.
+In BGP case, it is also possible to specify per-peer BFD session options (e.g.
+rx/tx intervals) as a part of the <cf/bfd/ option.
<p>A BFD instance not associated with any VRF handles session requests from all
other protocols, even ones associated with a VRF. Such setup would work for
@@ -2315,14 +2317,17 @@ using the following configuration parameters:
immediately shut down. Note that this option cannot be used with
multihop BGP. Default: enabled for direct BGP, disabled otherwise.
- <tag><label id="bgp-bfd">bfd <M>switch</M>|graceful</tag>
+ <tag><label id="bgp-bfd">bfd <M>switch</M>|graceful| { <m/options/ }</tag>
BGP could use BFD protocol as an advisory mechanism for neighbor
liveness and failure detection. If enabled, BIRD setups a BFD session
for the BGP neighbor and tracks its liveness by it. This has an
advantage of an order of magnitude lower detection times in case of
failure. When a neighbor failure is detected, the BGP session is
restarted. Optionally, it can be configured (by <cf/graceful/ argument)
- to trigger graceful restart instead of regular restart. Note that BFD
+ to trigger graceful restart instead of regular restart. It is also
+ possible to specify section with per-peer BFD session options instead of
+ just switch argument. Most BFD session specific options are allowed here
+ with the exception of authentication options. here Note that BFD
protocol also has to be configured, see <ref id="bfd" name="BFD">
section for details. Default: disabled.