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authorOndrej Zajicek (work) <santiago@crfreenet.org>2017-12-10 00:55:34 +0100
committerOndrej Zajicek (work) <santiago@crfreenet.org>2017-12-10 00:55:34 +0100
commit7fc55925beb06059759294e0e9b7bae45465395f (patch)
tree9f1ee1b354094aab25f64892f0f5dd1afeafdd26 /doc/bird.sgml
parented1d853e5147376086e25f5edae9804cf242d6e0 (diff)
Several minor fixes
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@@ -2044,6 +2044,7 @@ avoid routing loops.
<item> <rfc id="7911"> - Advertisement of Multiple Paths in BGP
<item> <rfc id="7947"> - Internet Exchange BGP Route Server
<item> <rfc id="8092"> - BGP Large Communities Attribute
+<item> <rfc id="8203"> - BGP Administrative Shutdown Communication
</itemize>
<sect1>Route selection rules
@@ -2258,6 +2259,20 @@ using the following configuration parameters:
related procedures. Note that even when disabled, BIRD can send route
refresh requests. Default: on.
+ <tag><label id="bgp-graceful-restart">graceful restart <m/switch/|aware</tag>
+ When a BGP speaker restarts or crashes, neighbors will discard all
+ received paths from the speaker, which disrupts packet forwarding even
+ when the forwarding plane of the speaker remains intact. <rfc id="4724">
+ specifies an optional graceful restart mechanism to alleviate this
+ issue. This option controls the mechanism. It has three states:
+ Disabled, when no support is provided. Aware, when the graceful restart
+ support is announced and the support for restarting neighbors is
+ provided, but no local graceful restart is allowed (i.e. receiving-only
+ role). Enabled, when the full graceful restart support is provided
+ (i.e. both restarting and receiving role). Restarting role could be also
+ configured per-channel. Note that proper support for local graceful
+ restart requires also configuration of other protocols. Default: aware.
+
<tag><label id="bgp-graceful-restart-time">graceful restart time <m/number/</tag>
The restart time is announced in the BGP graceful restart capability
and specifies how long the neighbor would wait for the BGP session to
@@ -2487,19 +2502,12 @@ together with their appropriate channels follows.
TX direction. When active, all available routes accepted by the export
filter are advertised to the neighbor. Default: off.
- <tag><label id="bgp-graceful-restart">graceful restart <m/switch/|aware</tag>
- When a BGP speaker restarts or crashes, neighbors will discard all
- received paths from the speaker, which disrupts packet forwarding even
- when the forwarding plane of the speaker remains intact. <rfc
- id="4724"> specifies an optional graceful restart mechanism to
- alleviate this issue. This option controls the mechanism. It has three
- states: Disabled, when no support is provided. Aware, when the graceful
- restart support is announced and the support for restarting neighbors
- is provided, but no local graceful restart is allowed (i.e.
- receiving-only role). Enabled, when the full graceful restart
- support is provided (i.e. both restarting and receiving role). Note
- that proper support for local graceful restart requires also
- configuration of other protocols. Default: aware.
+ <tag><label id="bgp-graceful-restart-c">graceful restart <m/switch/</tag>
+ Although BGP graceful restart is configured mainly by protocol-wide
+ <ref id="bgp-graceful-restart" name="options">, it is possible to
+ configure restarting role per AFI/SAFI pair by this channel option.
+ The option is ignored if graceful restart is disabled by protocol-wide
+ option. Default: off in aware mode, on in full mode.
</descrip>
<sect1>Attributes