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authorQuentin Young <qlyoung@cumulusnetworks.com>2018-10-01 19:30:56 +0200
committerQuentin Young <qlyoung@cumulusnetworks.com>2018-10-02 22:14:14 +0200
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doc: add extra information on bgp views and vrfs
Signed-off-by: Quentin Young <qlyoung@cumulusnetworks.com>
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@@ -235,8 +235,10 @@ However, the same AS can be used with different VRFs.
.. note::
The separated nature of VRFs makes it possible to peer a single *bgpd*
- process to itself, on one machine. This can be used for prototyping and
- other purposes.
+ process to itself, on one machine. Note that this can be done fully within
+ BGP without a corresponding VRF in the kernel or Zebra, which enables some
+ practical use cases such as :ref:`route reflectors <bgp-route-reflector>`
+ and route servers.
Configuration of additional autonomous systems, or of a router that targets a
specific VRF, is accomplished with the following command:
@@ -305,6 +307,8 @@ selected by BGP are not installed into the kernel routing table. The view
functionality allows the exchange of BGP routing information without affecting
the kernel routing tables.
+Peers configured within a view and their traffic exist within the default VRF.
+
.. index:: router bgp AS-NUMBER view NAME
.. clicmd:: router bgp AS-NUMBER view NAME