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Network Working Group                                          D. HaskinRequest For Comments: 1863                            Bay Networks, Inc.Category: Experimental                                      October 1995A BGP/IDRP Route Server alternative to a full mesh routingStatus of this Memo   This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet   community.  This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any   kind.  Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.   Distribution of this memo is unlimited.Abstract   This document describes the use and detailed design of Route Servers   for dissemination of routing information among BGP/IDRP speaking   routers.   The intention of the proposed technique is to reduce overhead and   management complexity of maintaining numerous direct BGP/IDRP   sessions which otherwise might be required or desired among routers   within a single routing domain as well as among routers in different   domains that are connected to a common switched fabric (e.g. an ATM   cloud).1. Overview   Current deployments of Exterior Routing protocols, such as the Border   Gateway Protocol [BGP4] and the adaptation of the ISO Inter-Domain   Routing Protocol [IDRP], require that all BGP/IDRP routers, which   participate in inter-domain routing (border routers) and belong to   the same routing domain, establish a full mesh connectivity with each   other for purpose of exchanging routing information acquired from   other routing domains. In large routing domains the number of intra-   domain connections that needs to be maintained by each border route   can be significant.   In addition, it may be desired for a border router to establish   routing sessions with all border routers in other domains which are   reachable via a shared communication media. We refer to routers that   are directly reachable via a shared media as adjacent routers.  Such   direct peering allows a router to acquire "first hand" information   about destinations which are directly reachable through adjacent   routers and select the optimum direct paths to these destinations.   Establishment of BGP/IDRP sessions among all adjacent border routers   would result in a full mesh routing connectivity.  Unfortunately forHaskin                        Experimental                      [Page 1]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 1995   a switched media as ATM, SMDS or Frame Relay network which may   inter-connect a large number of routers,  due to the number of   connections that would be needed to maintain a full mesh direct   peering between the routers,  makes this approach impractical.   In order to alleviate the "full mesh" problem, this paper proposes to   use IDRP/BGP Route Servers which would relay external routes with all   of their attributes between client routers. The clients would   maintain IDRP/BGP sessions only with the assigned route servers   (sessions with more than one server would be needed if redundancy is   desired).  All routes that are received from a client router would be   propagated to other clients by the Route Server.  Since all external   routes and their attributes are relayed unmodified between the client   routers, the client routers would acquire the same routing   information as they would via direct peering.  We refer to such   arrangement as virtual peering.  Virtual peering allows client   routers independently apply selection criteria to the acquired   external routes according to their local policies as they would if a   direct peering were established.   The routing approach described in this paper assumes that border   routers possess a mechanism to resolve the media access address of   the next hop router for any route acquired from a virtual peer.   It is fair to note that the approach presented in this paper only   reduces the number of routing connection each border router needs to   maintain. It does not reduce the volume of routing information that   needs to maintained at each border router.   Besides addressing the "full mesh" problems,  the proposal attempts   to achieve the following goals:   - to minimize BGP/IDRP changes that need to be implemented in client     routers in order to inter-operate with route servers;   - to provide for redundancy of distribution of routing information to     route server clients;   - to minimize the amount of routing updates that have to be sent to     route server clients;   - to provide load distribution between route servers;   - to avoid an excessive complexity of the interactions between Route     Servers themselves.Haskin                        Experimental                      [Page 2]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 19952. Terms And Acronyms   The following terms and acronyms are used in this paper:  Routing Domain     -  a collection of routers with the same set of                        routing policies.  For IPv4 it can be identified                        with an Autonomous System Number, for IPv6                        it can be identified with a Routing Domain                        Identifier.  Border Router (BR) -  a router that acquires external routes, i.e.                        routes to internet points outside its routing                        domain.  Route Server (RS)  -  a process that collects routing information                        from border routers and distributes this                        information to 'client routers'.  RS Client (RC)     -  a router than peers with an RS in order to                        acquire routing information.  A server's client                        can be a router or another route server.  RS Cluster (RSC)   -  two or more of route servers that share the same                        subset of clients.  A RS Cluster provides                        redundancy of routing information to its                        clients,  i.e. routing information is provided                        to all RS Cluster clients as long as there is                        at least one functional route server in the RS                        Cluster.  RCID             -    Cluster ID3. RS Model   In the proposed scheme a Route Server (RS) does not apply any   selection criteria to the routes received from border routers for the   purpose of distributing these routes to its clients.  All routes   acquired from border routers or other Route Servers are relayed to   the client border routers.   There can be two classes of Route Servers: Route Servers that relay   external routes between routers in a single routing domain and Route   Servers that relay external routes between border routers in   different routing domains.  The former are Intra-Domain Route Servers   and the latter are Inter-Domain Route Servers.   In the RS model proposed in this document there is no routing   exchange between Intra-Domain Route Servers and Inter-Domain RouteHaskin                        Experimental                      [Page 3]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 1995   Servers.  Routes that cross a domain boundary must always pass   through a border router of such a domain which may apply   administrative filters to such routes.   Operations of Intra-Domain Route Servers and Inter-Domain Route   Servers are identical.   One or more Route Servers form an RS Cluster (RSC).  For redundancy's   sake two or more RSs can be configured to operate in an RS Cluster.   All route servers in an RSC share the same clients,  i.e. cluster   clients establish connections to all route servers in such an RSC for   the purpose of exchanging routing information. Each cluster is   assigned an unique RSC Identifier (RCID) represented by a 2-octet   unsigned integer.   Clusters which provide virtual connectivity between their clients   would be normally exchanging routing information among themselves so   that all external routes are propagated to all participating clients.   Though a Route Server Client (RC) can be associated with multiple   RSC, it seems that there is no real advantage of doing so except for   a short transition period to provide a graceful re-assignment from   one RSC to another or, if for some reason, there are multiple RS   groups that don't exchange routing information with each other.   The inter-cluster route exchange can be accomplished by forming a   full mesh routing adjacency between clusters.  In this approach,   illustrated in the diagram below,  each RS in each RSC would maintain   a routing connection with every RS in other RS clusters.  Only routes   that are acquired from border routers are propagated to RSs in other   RS clusters.         BR11   BR12   BR1n     BR21  BR22  BR2n           |     |  ... |        |     | ...  |          -----------------     ------------------          !  RS11  RS12   ! --- !  RS21    RS22  !          -----------------     ------------------               <RSC#1>  \           /    <RSC#2>                         \         /                       -----------------                       !  RS31  RS32   !   <RSC#3>                       -----------------                         |     | ... |                        BR31  BR32  BR3n   Another way to propagate routing information between clusters would   be to form a cluster hierarchy in which an RS in one cluster   maintains sessions only with RSs in designated clusters.  In thisHaskin                        Experimental                      [Page 4]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 1995   approach an RS must advertise all acquired routes to an RS in another   cluster except the routes that are acquired from that cluster.   Nevertheless,  it allows for minimizing the number of routing   sessions which can be highly desirable in some network.  It is   important for the hierarchical scheme that the inter-cluster route   exchange links form a tree, i.e. there is only one route propagation   path between any two clusters, otherwise routing loops may result.   For detection and pruning of routing loops in a hierarchical cluster   topology, it is advisable to include the "RCID Path" attribute (see   4.3.4) in all routing updates sent between route servers. This   attribute lists IDs of all clusters in the route propagation path.   When a duplicate ID is detected in this attribute an offending route   needs to be discarded.   The diagram below which illustrates the hierarchical approach is   created from the diagram above by removing the route exchange link   between clusters 2 and 3.         BR11   BR12   BR1n     BR21  BR22  BR2n           |     |  ... |        |     | ...  |          -----------------     ------------------          !  RS11  RS12   ! --- !  RS21    RS22  !          -----------------     ------------------               <RSC#1>  \                <RSC#2>                         \                       -----------------                       !  RS31  RS32   !   <RSC#3>                       -----------------                         |     | ... |                        BR31  BR32  BR3n   It seems that the only disadvantage of the hierarchical model, is the   management headache of avoiding routing loops and redundant   information flow by insuring that inter-cluster links always form a   tree.  But more study is needed to fully evaluate the comparative   merits of the full-mesh and hierarchical models.   Since RSs in the same cluster maintain routing sessions with the same   set of clients, it may seem that there is no need to exchange routing   information between RSs in the same cluster. Nevertheless, such a   route exchange may help to maintain identical routing databases in   the servers during client acquisition periods and when a partial   failure may affect some routing sessions.   Route servers in the same RS cluster exchange control messages in   attempt to subdivide the responsibilities of providing routing   information to their clients.  In order to simplify the RS design,   the RS messaging is implemented on top of exterior protocol which isHaskin                        Experimental                      [Page 5]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 1995   used by route servers for the routing information exchange.4. Operation4.1 ADVERTISER Path Attribute   Route servers act as concentrators for routes acquired by border   routers so that the border routers need to maintain routing   connections with only one or two designated route servers.  Route   Servers distribute routing information that is provided to them by   the border routers to all their client.   If routing information were relayed to RS clients in UPDATE messages   with only those path attribute that are currently defined in the   BGP-4/IDRP specification, the RS clients would not be able to   associate external routes they receive with the border routers which   submitted that routes to route servers. Such an association is   necessary for making a correct route selection decision. Therefore,   the new path attribute, ADVERTISER, is defined.   The ADVERTISER is an optional non-transitive attribute that defines   the identifying address of the border router which originally   submitted the route to a router server in order for it to be relayed   to other RS clients. Type Code of the ADVERTISER attribute is 255.   This attribute must be included in every UPDATE message that is   relayed by route servers and must be recognized by RS clients.4.2 Route Client Operation   An RS client establishes an BGP/IDRP connection to every route server   in the RS cluster to which the route client is assigned.   RS clients must be able to recognize the ADVERTISER path attribute   that is included in all UPDATE messages received from route servers.   Routes received in UPDATE messages from route servers are processed   as if they were received directly from the border routers specified   in the ADVERTISER attributes of the respective updates.   If an RS client receives a route from a Intra-Domain Route Server, is   assumed that the border router identified in the ADVERTISER attribute   is located in the receiving client's own routing domain.   If an RS client receives a route from a Inter-Domain Route Server,   the locality of the border router identified in the ADVERTISER   attribute can be determined from the BGP's AS_PATH attribute or   IDRP's RD_PATH attribute respectively.Haskin                        Experimental                      [Page 6]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 1995   If no ADVERTISER attribute was included in an UPDATE message from a   route server it is assumed that the route server itself is the   advertiser of the corresponding route.   If the NEXT_HOP path attribute of an UPDATE message lists an address   of the receiving router itself, the route that is carried in such an   update message must be declared unreachable.   In addition, it is highly desirable, albeit not required,  to   slightly modify the "standard" BGP/IDRP operation when acquiring   routes from RSs:    when a route is received from an RS and a route with the completely    identical attributes has been previously acquired from another RS    in the same cluster,  the previously acquired route should be    replaced with the newly acquired route.  Such a route replacement    should not trigger any route advertisement action on behalf of the    route.   RSs are designed to operate in such a way that eliminates the need to   keep multiple copies of the same route by RS clients and minimizes   the possibility of a route flap when the BGP/IDRP connection to one   of the redundant route servers is lost.   It is attempted to subdivide the route dissemination load between   route servers such that only one RS provides routing updates to a   given client.  But since, for avoiding an excessive complexity, the   reconciliation algorithm does not eliminate completely the   possibility of races, it is still possible that a client may receive   updates from more than one route server.  Therefore, the client's   ability to discard duplicate routes may reduce the need for a bigger   routing database.4.3 Route Server Operation   A Route Server maintains BGP-4/IDRP sessions with its clients   according to the respective BGP-4/IDRP specification with exception   of protocol modifications outlined in this document.   UPDATE messages sent by route servers have the same format and   semantics as it respective BGP-4/IDRP counterparts but also carry the   ADVERTISER path attribute which specifies the BGP Identifier of the   border router that submitted the route advertised in the UPDATE   message. In addition, if the hierarchical model is deployed to   interconnect Route Server clusters, it is advisable to include the   "RCID Path" attribute in all routing updates sent between route   servers as described in 4.3.4.Haskin                        Experimental                      [Page 7]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 1995   When route servers exchange OPEN messages they include the Route   Server protocol version (current version is 1) as well as Cluster IDs   of their respective clusters in an Optional Parameter of the OPEN   message. The value of Parameter Type for this parameter is 255. The   length of the parameter data is 3 octets. The format of parameter   data is shown below:    +-----------------------+------------------------------------+    | Version = 1 (1 octet) |      Cluster ID (2 octets)         |    +-----------------------+------------------------------------+   Also, route servers that belong to the same cluster send to each   other LIST messages with lists of clients to which they're providing   routing information.  In the LIST message an RS specifies the Router   Identifier of each client to which that RS is providing routing   updates. Since LIST messages are relatively small there is no need to   add a processing complexity of generating incremental updates when a   list changes; instead the complete list is sent when RSs need to be   informed of the changes.  The format of the LIST message is presented   in 4.3.1.4.3.1 LIST Message Format   The LIST message contains the fixed BGP/IDRP header that is followed   with the fields shown below.  The type code in the fixed header of   the LIST message is 255.     +----------+----------+----------+----------+     |        Client Identifying Address         | Repeated for each     +-------------------------------------------+ informed client   The number of Client Identifying Address" fields is not encoded   explicitly,  but can be calculated as:     (<LIST message Length> - <Header Length>) / <Address Length>,   where <LIST message Length> is the value encoded in the fixed   BGP/IDRP header, <Header Length> is the length of that header, and   <Address Length> is 4 for IPv4 and 16 for IPv6.4.3.2 External Route Acquisition And Advertisement   A route server acquires external routes from RS clients that are also   border routers.  A RS also may acquire external routes from other   RSs.  Route servers relay all acquired routes unaltered to their   clients.  No route selection is performed for purpose of route re-   advertisement to RS clients.Haskin                        Experimental                      [Page 8]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 1995   While route servers receive and store routing data from all their   client,  Routing Servers in the same cluster coordinate their route   advertisement in the attempt to ensure that only one RS provides   routing updates to a given client.  If an RS fails,  other Route   Servers in the cluster take over the responsibility of providing   routing updates to the clients that were previously served by the   failed RS.  A route flap that can result from such switch-over can be   eliminated by the configuring client's "Hold Time" of their BGP-   4/IDRP sessions with the route servers to be larger than the switch-   over time.  The switch-over time is determined by the Hold Time of   BGP-4/IDRP sessions between the route servers in the cluster and the   period that is needed for that route servers to reconcile their route   advertisement responsibilities.  The reconciliation protocol is   described in 4.3.3.   The BGP-4/IDRP operations of route servers differs from the   "standard" operation in the following ways:   -    when receiving routes from another RS, the RS Client mode of        operation is assumed, i.e., when a route with completely        identical attributes has been previously acquired from an RS        belonging to the same cluster as the RS that advertises the new        route, the previously acquired route should be discarded and        the newly acquired route should be accepted.  Such a route        replacement should not trigger any route advertisement action        on behalf of the route.   -    all acquired routes are advertised to a client router except        routes which were acquired from that client (no route echoing);   -    if the hierarchical model of inter-cluster route exchange is        used,  all acquired routes are advertised to an RS in another        RSC except routes that are acquired from that RSC.  In the        full-mesh model, only routes which are acquired from border        routers are advertised to route servers in other clusters;   -    if route servers in the same RS cluster are configured to        exchange routing information,  only external routes that are        acquired from border routers are advertised to route servers in        the local cluster;   -    the ADVERTISER path attribute is included in every UPDATE        messages that is generated by RS.  This attribute must        specify the identifying address of the border router from which        information provided in UPDATE has been acquired.  All other        routing attributes should be relayed to RS's peers unaltered.Haskin                        Experimental                      [Page 9]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 1995   -    when a route advertised by to an RS by a client becomes        unreachable such a route needs to be declared unreachable to        all other clients.  In order to withdraw a route,  the route        server sends an UPDATE for that route to each client (except        the client that this route was originally acquired) with the        NEXT_HOP path attribute set to the address of the client to        which this UPDATE is sent to.  The the ADVERTISER path attribute        with the identifying address of the border router that        originally advertised the withdrawn route must be also included        in such an update message.   -    if the hierarchical model is deployed to interconnect Route        Server clusters,  it is advisable to include the RCID_PATH        attribute in all routing updates sent between route servers as        described in 4.3.4.  The RCID_PATH attribute is never included        in UPDATE messages sent to border routers.4.3.3 Intra-Cluster Coordination   In order to coordinate route advertisement activities,  route servers   which are members of the same RS cluster establish and maintain   BGP/IDRP connections between themselves forming a full-mesh   connectivity.  Normally, there is no need for more than two-three   route servers in one cluster.   Route servers belonging to the same cluster send to each other LIST   messages with lists of clients to which they're providing routing   information;  let's call such clients "informed clients".   Each RS maintains a separate "informed client" list for each RS in   the local cluster including itself.  All such lists are linked in an   ascending order that is determined by the number of clients in each   list; the order among the lists with the same number of clients is   determined by comparing the identifying addresses of the   corresponding RSs -- an RS in such a "same number of clients" subset   is positioned after all RSs with the lower address.   An RS can be in one of two RS coordination states: 'Initiation' and   'Active'.4.3.3.1 Initiation State   This is the initial state of route server that is entered upon RS   startup.  When the Initiation state is entered the 'InitiationTimer'   is started.  The Initiation state transits to the Active state upon   expiration of the 'InitiationTimer' or as soon as all configured   BGP/IDRP connections to other route servers in the local RS Cluster   are established and LIST messages from that route servers areHaskin                        Experimental                     [Page 10]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 1995   received.   In the Initiation state an RS:    o   tries to establish connections with other RSs in the local and        remote clusters.    o   accepts BGP/IDRP connections from client routers.    o   receives and process BGP/IDRP updates but doesn't send any        routing updates.    o   stores "informed client" lists received from other RSs in the        local cluster - a newly received list replaces the existing list        for the same RS. If a LIST message is received from the route        server in another RS cluster, it should be silently ignored.    o   initializes an empty "informed client" list for its own clients.    o   as soon as a BGP/IDRP connection to an RS in the same RS Cluster        is established, transmits an empty LIST message to such an RS.4.3.3.2 Active StateThis state is entered upon expiration of the 'InitiationTimer' or assoon as all configured BGP/IDRP connections to other route servers inthe local RS Cluster are established and LIST messages from that routeservers are received.In the Active state an RS:    o   continues attempts to establish connections with other route        servers in the local and remote clusters;    o   accepts new BGP/IDRP connections;    o   transmits a LIST message to an RS in the local cluster as soon        as an BGP/IDRP session with the RS is established and then        whenever the local "informed client" list changes;    o   receives and process BGP/IDRP updates;    o   receives and processes "informed client" lists as described        below:        a) If a LIST message is received from the route server in           another RS cluster, it should be silently ignored.Haskin                        Experimental                     [Page 11]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 1995        b) If a LIST message is received from a route server that           belongs to the same RS Cluster,  the differences between           the old and the new list are determined and the old "informed           client" list for that RS is replaced by the list from the new           message.  For each client that was in the old list but not in           the new list it is checked whether the server has           an established BGP/IDRP connection to that client and           the client is not in any of the other "informed client"           lists.  If both conditions are met,  the processing described           for a new client takes place (see 4.3.3.3).    o   for each new BGP/IDRP client (including connections established        in Initiation state),  decides if that client should become an        "informed client", i.e. whether routing updates are to be sent        to the client or that client has been already taken care by        another RS in the local cluster.  The decision process is        described in the next section.4.3.3.3 New Client Processing   Whenever an RS acquires a new BGP/IDRP peer it scans through all   "informed client" lists in order to determine if this peer has   already been receiving routing updates from another RS in the local   RS cluster.  If the identifying address of the peer is found in one   of the list,  no routing updates are sent to that peer.   If the peer's Router Id is not found,  the route server initiates a   'DelayTimer' timer for that peer and the decision is postponed until   that timer expires.  The delay value is calculated as followed:      the RS determines the relative position of its own "informed      client" list in the linked list of all "informed client" lists.      If such position is expressed with a number, say N,  in the 1 to      "maximum number of lists" range, then the delay value is set to      (N-1)*<DelayGranularity>.   Upon expiration of the DelayTimer,  the "informed client" lists are   scanned once again to see if the corresponding peer has already been   receiving routing updates from another RS in the local RS cluster.   If the Router Id of the peer is found in one of the lists as a result   of receiving a new LIST message, no routing updates are sent to that   peer.  Otherwise,  the peer's Router ID is entered in the "informed   client" list that belongs to the RS,  the transmission of the updated   LIST message is immediately scheduled, and routing updates are sent   to the client.   The rational for the delay is to minimize races in the decision as   which RS among route servers in the same RSC is going to provideHaskin                        Experimental                     [Page 12]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 1995   routing information to a given client.  The RS with least number of   "informed clients" would have a shortest delay and is the most   probable to win the race.  This helps to equalize the number of   "informed clients" between RSc in a cluster.   After an BGP/IDRP peer is placed in the "informed client" list, it is   only removed from the list when the BGP/IDRP connection to this peer   is lost.  While an RS client is in the list it is accurately updated   with all routing changes.4.3.3.5 Inter-RS Connection Failure   If a route server loses a routing session with a route server in the   same cluster,  it must consider taking the responsibilities of route   advertisement to the clients that are in the "informed client" list   of the remote route server of the failed session.   For each such client it is checked whether the server has an   established BGP/IDRP connection to that client and the client is not   in any of the "informed client" lists of active RS.  If both   conditions are true,  the processing described for a new client takes   place (see 4.3.3.3).   After advertisement responsibilities are reconciled the "informed   client" list associated with the failed session should be discarded.4.3.4 RCID_PATH Attribute   The RCID_PATH is an optional non-transitive attribute that is   composed of a sequence of RS Cluster Identifiers (RCID) that   identifies the RS Cluster through which routing information carried   in the UPDATE message has passed.  Type Code of the RCID_PATH   attribute is 254.  The attribute value field contains one or more RS   Cluster Identifiers, each encoded as a 2-octets long field.   When a route server propagates a route which has been learned from   nother Route Server's UPDATE message, the following is performed with   respect to the the RCID_PATH attribute:  -     if the destination of the route is not a route server, the        RCID_PATH Attribute is excluded from the UPDATE message sent to        that client.  -     if the destination of the route is another route server that is        located in the advertising server's own RS cluster,  the        RCID_PATH attribute is sent unmodified.Haskin                        Experimental                     [Page 13]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 1995  -     if the destination of the route is a route server in a different        RS cluster,  the advertising route server shall verify that the        RCID of the destination speaker's cluster is not present in        the RCID_PATH attribute associated with route.  If it does,        the route shall not be advertised and an event indicating        that a route loop was detected should be logged, otherwise        the advertising router shall prepend its own RCID to the RCID        sequence in the RCID_PATH attribute (put it in the leftmost        position).   When a route server propagates a route which has been learned from a   border router to another route server then:  -     if the destination of the route is a route server that is        located in the advertising router's own RS cluster,  an empty        RCID_PATH attribute shall be included in the UPDATE message        (an empty RCID_PATH attribute is one whose length field contains        the value zero).  -     if the destination of the route is a route server in a different        RS cluster,  the advertising route server shall include its own        RCID in the RCID_PATH attribute.  In this case, the RCID of        advertising route server will be the only entry in the RCID_PATH        attribute.4.3.5 NOTIFICATION Error Codes   In addition to the error codes defined in the BGP-4/IDRP   specification, the following error can be indicated in a NOTIFICATION   message that is sent by a route server:     255  LIST Message Error   The following error subcodes can be associated with the LIST Message   Error:     1  - Bad Address.  This subcode indicates that a Client Identifying          Address in the received LIST message does not represent          a valid network layer address of a router interface.   The following additional UPDATE error subcodes are also defined:     255 - Invalid ADVERTISER Attribute.  This subcode indicates that           a value of the ADVERTISER Attribute does not represent           a valid network layer address of a router interface.Haskin                        Experimental                     [Page 14]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 19954.3.7 Timers   The InitiationTimer value of 5 minutes is suggested.   In order to avoid route flaps during an RS switch-over, a value of   DelayGranularity should be such so the maximum possible value of the   DelayTimer (see 4.3.3.3) combined with the Hold Time of inter-RS   connections would be shorter than two-third of the smallest Hold Time   interval of all BGP/IDRP connections between the route servers and   their clients (including RSs in other clusters).  So in a cluster   with three RSs and the respective Hold Times of 30 and 90 seconds the   DelayGranularity of 15 seconds would be a recommended value.   For the same reason it is recommended that the Hold Time of BGP/IDRP   connections between route servers in the same cluster is set to one-   third of the smallest Hold Time of all BGP/IDRP connections between   the route servers and their clients (including RSs in other   clusters).  So, if the smallest Hold Time of BGP/IDRP sessions with   clients is 90 seconds,  the recommended  value of the Hold Time of   BGP/IDRP connections between route servers in that cluster would be   30 seconds.5. Route Server Discovery   This document does not propose any mechanism for the dynamic RS   discovery by RS clients or/and by other route servers.  It is assumed   that at minimum a manual configuration will be provided in   participating routers to achieve the needed connectivity.7. Security Considerations   Security issues are not discussed in this document.8. Acknowledgment   Some design concepts presented in this paper benefited from   discussions with Tony Li (cisco Systems).   Author likes to thank John Krawczyk (Bay Networks) and Susan Harris   (Merit) for their review and valuable comments.   Also, author would like to thank Yakov Rekhter (IBM) for the review   of the earlier version of this document and constructive comments.   Special thanks to Ray Chang (Bay Networks) whose experience in   implementing the concepts presented in this document helped to refine   the route server design.Haskin                        Experimental                     [Page 15]

RFC 1863                A BGP/IDRP Route Server             October 19959. References   [BGP4] Rekhter, Y., and T. Li, "A Border Gateway Protocol 4          (BGP-4)",RFC 1771, T.J. Watson Research Center, IBM Corp.,          cisco Systems, March 1995.   [IDRP] Rekhter, Y., and P. Traina, "IDRP for IPv6", Work In Progress.10. Author's Address   Dimitry Haskin   Bay Networks, Inc.   2 Federal Street   Billerica, MA 01821   EMail: dhaskin@baynetworks.comHaskin                        Experimental                     [Page 16]

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