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1. The BGP GR restarter and helper exchange Open messages for GR capability negotiation. If
both parties have the GR capability, they establish a GR-capable session. The GR restarter
sends the GR timer set by the graceful-restart timer restart command to the GR helper in an
Open message.
2. When an active/standby switchover occurs or BGP restarts, the GR restarter does not remove
existing BGP routes from Routing Information Base (RIB) and Forwarding Information Base
(FIB). It still uses these routes for packet forwarding, and it starts the RIB purge timer (set by the
graceful-restart timer purge-time command). The GR helper marks all routes learned from
the GR restarter as stale instead of deleting them. It continues to use these routes for packet
forwarding. During the GR process, packet forwarding is not interrupted.
3. After the active/standby switchover or BGP restart completes, the GR restarter re-establishes a
BGP session to the GR helper. If the BGP session fails to be established within the GR timer
advertised by the GR restarter, the GR helper removes the stale routes.
4. If the BGP session is established, routing information is exchanged for the GR restarter to
retrieve route entries and for the GR helper to recover stale routes.
5. Both the GR restarter and the GR helper start the End-Of-RIB marker waiting timer.
The End-Of-RIB marker waiting time is set by the graceful-restart timer wait-for-rib
command. If routing information exchange is not completed within the time, the GR restarter
does not receive new routes. The GR restarter updates the RIB with the BGP routes already
learned, and removes the aged routes from the RIB. The GR helper removes the stale routes.
6. The GR restarter quits the GR process if routing information exchange is not completed within
the RIB purge timer. It updates the RIB with the BGP routes already learned, and removes the
aged routes.
Follow these guidelines when you configure BGP GR:
• The End-Of-RIB indicates the end of route updates.
• The maximum time to wait for the End-of-RIB marker configured on the local end is not
advertised to the peer. It controls the time for the local end to receive updates from the peer.
As a best practice, perform the following configuration on the GR restarter and GR helper.
To configure BGP GR:
1. Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2. Enter BGP instance view.
bgp
as-number [
instance
instance-name ]
N/A
3. Enable GR capability for BGP.
graceful-restart
By default, GR capability is
disabled for BGP.
4. Configure the GR timer.
graceful-restart timer restart
timer
The default setting is 150
seconds.
The time that a peer waits to
re-establish a session must be
less than the hold time.
5. Configure the maximum time to
wait for the End-of-RIB marker.
graceful-restart timer
wait-for-rib
timer
The default setting is 180
seconds.
6. Configure the RIB purge timer.
graceful-restart timer
purge-time
timer
The default setting is 480
seconds.
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