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authorOndrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org>2009-11-26 20:47:59 +0100
committerOndrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org>2009-11-26 20:47:59 +0100
commitbf47fe4b2e40ccfcfe6af2d86548d06cdf9739c5 (patch)
tree59108f1bdc8f5192a27e9a40d72a7e950686dd8c /doc
parent5e6f568115511e2bcf43c60dfdcbd7a35cb04b93 (diff)
Implements BGP route refresh.
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml
index 9e74470f..d08b0c17 100644
--- a/doc/bird.sgml
+++ b/doc/bird.sgml
@@ -482,9 +482,6 @@ This argument can be omitted if there exists only a single instance.
number of networks, number of routes before and after filtering). If
you use <cf/count/ instead, only the statistics will be printed.
- <tag>enable|disable|restart <m/name/|"<m/pattern/"|all</tag>
- Enable, disable or restart a given protocol instance, instances matching the <cf><m/pattern/</cf> or <cf/all/ instances.
-
<tag>configure [soft] ["<m/config file/"]</tag>
Reload configuration from a given file. BIRD will smoothly
switch itself to the new configuration, protocols are
@@ -496,6 +493,9 @@ This argument can be omitted if there exists only a single instance.
but new routes would be processed according to the new
filters.
+ <tag>enable|disable|restart <m/name/|"<m/pattern/"|all</tag>
+ Enable, disable or restart a given protocol instance, instances matching the <cf><m/pattern/</cf> or <cf/all/ instances.
+
<tag/down/
Shut BIRD down.
@@ -944,6 +944,16 @@ for each neighbor using the following configuration parameters:
attributes to be transparent (for example does not prepend its AS number to
AS PATH attribute and keep MED attribute). Default: disabled.
+ <tag>enable route refresh <m/switch/</tag> When BGP speaker
+ changes its import filter, it has to re-examine all routes
+ received from its neighbor against the new filter. As these
+ routes might not be available, there is a BGP protocol
+ extension Route Refresh (specified in RFC 2918) that allows
+ BGP speaker to request re-advertisment of all routes from its
+ neighbor. This option specifies whether BIRD advertises this
+ capability and accepts such requests. Even when disabled, BIRD
+ can send route refresh requests. Default: on.
+
<tag>enable as4 <m/switch/</tag> BGP protocol was designed to use 2B AS numbers
and was extended later to allow 4B AS number. BIRD supports 4B AS extension,
but by disabling this option it can be persuaded not to advertise it and