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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 04b6a845..46900227 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -2288,6 +2288,7 @@ networks. <code> protocol ospf <name> { rfc1583compat <switch>; + instance id <num>; stub router <switch>; tick <num>; ecmp <switch> [limit <num>]; @@ -2375,14 +2376,24 @@ protocol ospf <name> { RFC 1583 <htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1583.txt">. Default value is no. + <tag>instance id <m/num/</tag> + When multiple OSPF protocol instances are active on the same links, they + should use different instance IDs to distinguish their packets. Although + it could be done on per-interface basis, it is often preferred to set + one instance ID to whole OSPF domain/topology (e.g., when multiple + instances are used to represent separate logical topologies on the same + physical network). This option specifies the default instance ID for all + interfaces of the OSPF instance. Note that this option, if used, must + precede interface definitions. Default value is 0. + <tag>stub router <M>switch</M></tag> This option configures the router to be a stub router, i.e., a router that participates in the OSPF topology but does not allow transit traffic. In OSPFv2, this is implemented by advertising maximum metric - for outgoing links, as suggested by - RFC 3137 <htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3137.txt">. - In OSPFv3, the stub router behavior is announced by clearing the R-bit - in the router LSA. Default value is no. + for outgoing links. In OSPFv3, the stub router behavior is announced by + clearing the R-bit in the router LSA. See RFC 6987 + <htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc6987.txt"> for + details. Default value is no. <tag>tick <M>num</M></tag> The routing table calculation and clean-up of areas' databases is not @@ -2484,22 +2495,26 @@ protocol ospf <name> { prefix. When option <cf/summary/ is used, also default stub networks that are subnetworks of given stub network are suppressed. This might be used, for example, to aggregate generated stub networks. - + <tag>interface <M>pattern</M> [instance <m/num/]</tag> Defines that the specified interfaces belong to the area being defined. See <ref id="dsc-iface" name="interface"> common option for detailed description. In OSPFv2, extended interface clauses are used, because - OSPFv2 handles each network prefix as a separate virtual interface. In - OSPFv3, you can specify instance ID for that interface description, so - it is possible to have several instances of that interface with - different options or even in different areas. + each network prefix is handled as a separate virtual interface. + + You can specify alternative instance ID for the interface definition, + therefore it is possible to have several instances of that interface + with different options or even in different areas. For OSPFv2, + instance ID support is an extension (RFC 6549 + <htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc6549.txt">) and is + supposed to be set per-protocol. For OSPFv3, it is an integral feature. <tag>virtual link <M>id</M> [instance <m/num/]</tag> Virtual link to router with the router id. Virtual link acts as a point-to-point interface belonging to backbone. The actual area is used - as transport area. This item cannot be in the backbone. In OSPFv3, you - could also use several virtual links to one destination with different - instance IDs. + as a transport area. This item cannot be in the backbone. Like with + <cf/interface/ option, you could also use several virtual links to one + destination with different instance IDs. <tag>cost <M>num</M></tag> Specifies output cost (metric) of an interface. Default value is 10. @@ -2530,8 +2545,8 @@ protocol ospf <name> { <tag>wait <M>num</M></tag> After start, router waits for the specified number of seconds between - starting election and building adjacency. Default value is 40. - + starting election and building adjacency. Default value is 4*<m/hello/. + <tag>dead count <M>num</M></tag> When the router does not receive any messages from a neighbor in <m/dead count/*<m/hello/ seconds, it will consider the neighbor down. |