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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 999fa294..ff2c188f 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">. @@ -2134,6 +2133,21 @@ 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. |