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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index c49e7e8e..2f8f18f3 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -1945,12 +1945,11 @@ avoid routing loops. <p>BIRD supports all requirements of the BGP4 standard as defined in <rfc id="4271"> It also supports the community attributes (<rfc id="1997">), -capability negotiation (<rfc id="5492">), MD5 password authentication (<rfc -id="2385">), extended communities (<rfc id="4360">), route reflectors (<rfc -id="4456">), graceful restart (<rfc id="4724">), multiprotocol extensions -(<rfc id="4760">), 4B AS numbers (<rfc id="4893">), and 4B AS numbers in -extended communities (<rfc id="5668">). - +capability negotiation (<rfc id="5492">), MD5 password authentication +(<rfc id="2385">), extended communities (<rfc id="4360">), route reflectors +(<rfc id="4456">), AS confederations (<rfc id="5065">), graceful restart +(<rfc id="4724">), multiprotocol extensions (<rfc id="4760">), 4B AS numbers +(<rfc id="4893">), and 4B AS numbers in extended communities (<rfc id="5668">). For IPv6, it uses the standard multiprotocol extensions defined in <rfc id="4760"> and applied to IPv6 according to <rfc id="2545">. @@ -2041,6 +2040,16 @@ using the following configuration parameters: source address for the BGP session. Default: the address of the local end of the interface our neighbor is connected to. + <tag><label id="bgp-strict-bind">strict bind <m/switch/</tag> + Specify whether BGP listening socket should be bound to a specific local + address (the same as the <cf/source address/) and associated interface, + or to all addresses. Binding to a specific address could be useful in + cases like running multiple BIRD instances on a machine, each using its + IP address. Note that listening sockets bound to a specific address and + to all addresses collide, therefore either all BGP protocols (of the + same address family and using the same local port) should have set + <cf/strict bind/, or none of them. Default: disabled. + <tag><label id="bgp-next-hop-self">next hop self</tag> Avoid calculation of the Next Hop attribute and always advertise our own source address as a next hop. This needs to be used only occasionally to @@ -2113,7 +2122,7 @@ using the following configuration parameters: Note that full (ICMP protection, for example) <rfc id="5082"> support is provided by Linux only. Default: disabled. - <tag><label id="bgp-pass">password <m/string/</tag> + <tag><label id="bgp-password">password <m/string/</tag> Use this password for MD5 authentication of BGP sessions (<rfc id="2385">). When used on BSD systems, see also <cf/setkey/ option below. Default: no authentication. @@ -2134,6 +2143,21 @@ using the following configuration parameters: accepting incoming connections. In passive mode, outgoing connections are not initiated. Default: off. + <tag><label id="bgp-confederation">confederation <m/number/</tag> + BGP confederations (<rfc id="5065">) are collections of autonomous + systems that act as one entity to external systems, represented by one + confederation identifier (instead of AS numbers). This option allows to + enable BGP confederation behavior and to specify the local confederation + identifier. When BGP confederations are used, all BGP speakers that are + members of the BGP confederation should have the same confederation + identifier configured. Default: 0 (no confederation). + + <tag><label id="bgp-confederation-member">confederation member <m/switch/</tag> + When BGP confederations are used, this option allows to specify whether + the BGP neighbor is a member of the same confederation as the local BGP + speaker. The option is unnecessary (and ignored) for IBGP sessions, as + the same AS number implies the same confederation. Default: no. + <tag><label id="bgp-rr-client">rr client</tag> Be a route reflector and treat the neighbor as a route reflection client. Default: disabled. @@ -2256,13 +2280,6 @@ using the following configuration parameters: This option is relevant to IPv4 mode with enabled capability advertisement only. Default: on. - <tag><label id="bgp-route-limit">route limit <m/number/</tag> - The maximal number of routes that may be imported from the protocol. If - the route limit is exceeded, the connection is closed with an error. - Limit is currently implemented as <cf>import limit <m/number/ action - restart</cf>. This option is obsolete and it is replaced by - <ref id="proto-import-limit" name="import limit option">. Default: no limit. - <tag><label id="bgp-disable-after-error">disable after error <m/switch/</tag> When an error is encountered (either locally or by the other side), disable the instance automatically and wait for an administrator to fix |