Technical Summary
The BGP Graceful Restart mechanism defined in RFC 4724 limits the
usage of BGP Graceful Restart to BGP protocol messages other than a
BGP NOTIFICATION message. This document updates RFC 4724 by defining
an extension that permits the Graceful Restart procedures to be
performed when the BGP speaker receives a BGP NOTIFICATION Message or
the Hold Time expires. This document also defines a new BGP
NOTIFICATION Cease Error subcode whose effect is to request a full
session restart instead of a Graceful Restart.
Working Group Summary
IDR has reviewed and discussed this document over 3 years (2014-2017).
WG has reached consensus after several revisions.
Document Quality
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Personnel
Document Shepherd: Jie Dong
Responsible Area Director: Alvaro Retana