RFC 4724 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2007

Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP

Overview

RFC 4724, “Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP”, is a Proposed Standard document published in January 2007 by S. Sangli, E. Chen, R. Fernando, J. Scudder, Y. Rekhter. It updates RFC 4271. It has since been updated by RFC 8538. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes a mechanism for BGP that would help minimize the negative effects on routing caused by BGP restart. An End-of-RIB marker is specified and can be used to convey routing convergence information. A new BGP capability, termed "Graceful Restart Capability", is defined that would allow a BGP speaker to express its ability to preserve forwarding state during BGP restart. Finally, procedures are outlined for temporarily retaining routing information across a TCP session termination/re-establishment.

The mechanisms described in this document are applicable to all routers, both those with the ability to preserve forwarding state during BGP restart and those without (although the latter need to implement only a subset of the mechanisms described in this document). [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC updates
RFC 4271
Updated by
RFC 8538
Other RFCs from 2007

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