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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 10c6f121..8834c1cb 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -3157,6 +3157,23 @@ using the following configuration parameters: negotiation. If the proposed hold time would lead to a lower value of the keepalive time, the session is rejected with error. Default: none. + <tag><label id="bgp-send-hold-time">send hold time <m/number/</tag> + Maximum time in seconds betweeen successfull transmissions of BGP messages. + Send hold timer drops the session if the neighbor is sending keepalives, + but does not receive our messages, causing the TCP connection to stall. + This may happen due to malfunctioning or overwhelmed neighbor. See + <HTMLURL URL="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-idr-bgp-sendholdtimer/" + name="draft-ietf-idr-bgp-sendholdtimer"> for more details. + + Like the option <cf/keepalive time/, the effective value depends on the + negotiated hold time, as it is scaled to maintain proportion between the + send hold time and the keepalive time. If it is set to zero, the timer + is disabled. Default: double of the hold timer limit. + + The option <cf/disable rx/ is intended only for testing this feature and + should not be used anywhere else. It discards received messages and + disables the hold timer. + <tag><label id="bgp-connect-delay-time">connect delay time <m/number/</tag> Delay in seconds between protocol startup and the first attempt to connect. Default: 5 seconds. |