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new 588c49c Issue 6847 Fixing documentation for secondary_mode (#6851)
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commit 588c49cbab2e13bd53d89f230283592862907e95
Author: VijayAnand Subramanian <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Jul 14 01:09:45 2020 +0530
Issue 6847 Fixing documentation for secondary_mode (#6851)
Co-authored-by: Vijayanand Subramanian <[email protected]>
---
doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst
b/doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst
index c7fc123..39d33e3 100644
--- a/doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst
+++ b/doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst
@@ -185,7 +185,13 @@ The following list shows the possible actions and their
allowed values.
- If the chosen parent is marked down then another parent will
be chosen from the ``secondary_parent`` list. The
``secondary_parent`` list will be exhausted before attempting
- to choose another parent in the ``parent`` list.
+ to choose another parent in the ``parent`` list. This depends
+ on taking a parent down from a particular EDGE using traffic_ctl
+ like ``traffic_ctl host down sample.server.com``. This will be
+ useful during maintenance window or as a debugging aid when a
+ user wants to take down specific parents. Taking parents down
+ using ``traffic_ctl`` will cause the EDGE to ignore those parent
+ immediately from parent selection logic.
- If the chosen parent is unavailable but not marked down then
another parent will be chosen from the ``parent`` list. The
