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| author | Trisha Biswas <tbiswas@fastly.com> | 2023-04-14 04:28:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org> | 2023-04-14 04:28:37 +0200 |
| commit | 9e44ace3928a19560058dc713fcbff3a8bad3b3c (patch) | |
| tree | a67a8a28a0b2c8a394a948977fbecaef7f7e1de1 /doc/bird.sgml | |
| parent | dc139fb6438f0864e83a9dc71e7c212c5acaf3ef (diff) | |
BGP: Add 'allow bgp_med' option for EBGP sessions
This option allows to treat bgp_med as regular transitive attribute
on EBGP sessions (without hacks in filters).
Minor changes from committer.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/bird.sgml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bird.sgml | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index f75fa9fe..557140b8 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -2625,12 +2625,19 @@ using the following configuration parameters: keeps MED attribute). Default: disabled. <tag><label id="bgp-allow-local-pref">allow bgp_local_pref <m/switch/</tag> - A standard BGP implementation do not send the Local Preference attribute - to eBGP neighbors and ignore this attribute if received from eBGP + Standard BGP implementations do not send the Local Preference attribute + to EBGP neighbors and ignore this attribute if received from EBGP neighbors, as per <rfc id="4271">. When this option is enabled on an - eBGP session, this attribute will be sent to and accepted from the peer, + EBGP session, this attribute will be sent to and accepted from the peer, which is useful for example if you have a setup like in <rfc id="7938">. - The option does not affect iBGP sessions. Default: off. + The option does not affect IBGP sessions. Default: off. + + <tag><label id="bgp-allow-med">allow bgp_med <m/switch/</tag> + Standard BGP implementations do not propagate the MULTI_EXIT_DESC + attribute unless it is configured locally. When this option is enabled + on an EBGP session, this attribute will be sent to the peer regardless, + which is useful for example if you have a setup like in <rfc id="7938">. + The option does not affect IBGP sessions. Default: off. <tag><label id="bgp-allow-local-as">allow local as [<m/number/]</tag> BGP prevents routing loops by rejecting received routes with the local |