Dale R. Worley wrote: > Section 3.1.1 seems to be uniquely short. I would favor adding a list > of the "multiple ways an Operator can accomplish that." Even just > listing the *names* of the methods that might be used is a useful guide > -- a novice operator can use search engines to find tutorial information > regarding the various methods.
Hi Dale, At an IXP, it's fine for a client network operator to voluntarily shut down their bgp sessions, as noted in section 3.1, and let traffic drain off an interface. This is the standard operational practice. Graceful shutdown and Shutdown Communication could be used, but they're new and are arguably overkill in many situations because for the most part, network flaps are a part of life and people aren't interested in what's going on in other peoples' networks unless it affects their own. The point of the ID is that it's about session culling / involuntary session drops initiated by the IXP Caretaker, and I think we need to stay on topic in the draft, rather than get bogged down in tangential stuff. Nick _______________________________________________ GROW mailing list GROW@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/grow
