BGP Graceful Shutdown

BGP Graceful Shutdown — Moving Traffic Before Maintenance. Network traffic follows a green alternate route while another route is marked for maintenance.

BGP sessions can drop for many reasons.  Dropping a session causes BGP to withdraw the routes learned through that neighbor. If it’s unexpected, this can cause congestion or other issues.  The graceful shutdown option in BGP can help mitigate this. BGP graceful shutdown lets you move traffic before taking the session down. Rather than waiting … Read more