File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

P. Francois, Ed.
B. Decraene, Ed.
C. Pelsser
K. Patel
C. Filsfils

Stream:

IETF

Source:

grow (ops)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8326

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Abstract

This document standardizes a new well-known BGP community, GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN, to signal the graceful shutdown of paths. This document also describes operational procedures that use this well-known community to reduce the amount of traffic lost when BGP peering sessions are about to be shut down deliberately, e.g., for planned maintenance.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.