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@acronym{OSPF,Open Shortest Path First} version 2 is a routing protocol
-which is described in @cite{RFC2328, OSPF Version 2}. OSPF is an
+which is described in :rfc:`2328`. OSPF is an
@acronym{IGP,Interior Gateway Protocol}. Compared with @acronym{RIP},
@acronym{OSPF} can provide scalable network support and faster
convergence times. OSPF is widely used in large networks such as
.. index:: {OSPF Command} {no ospf rfc1583compatibility} {}
{OSPF Command} {no ospf rfc1583compatibility} {}
- @cite{RFC2328}, the sucessor to @cite{RFC1583}, suggests according
+ :rfc:`2328`, the sucessor to :rfc:`1583`, suggests according
to section G.2 (changes) in section 16.4 a change to the path
preference algorithm that prevents possible routing loops that were
possible in the old version of OSPFv2. More specifically it demands
.. index:: {OSPF Command} {no max-metric router-lsa [on-startup|on-shutdown|administrative]} {}
{OSPF Command} {no max-metric router-lsa [on-startup|on-shutdown|administrative]} {}
- This enables @cite{RFC3137, OSPF Stub Router Advertisement} support,
+ This enables :rfc:`3137` support,
where the OSPF process describes its transit links in its router-LSA as
having infinite distance so that other routers will avoid calculating
transit paths through the router while still being able to reach
.. index:: {OSPF Command} {no area <0-4294967295> shortcut} {}
{OSPF Command} {no area <0-4294967295> shortcut} {}
- Configure the area as Shortcut capable. See @cite{RFC3509}. This requires
+ Configure the area as Shortcut capable. See :rfc:`3509`. This requires
that the 'abr-type' be set to 'shortcut'.
.. index:: {OSPF Command} {area `a.b.c.d` stub} {}
The RPKI/RTR protocol is defined in @cite{RFC6810, The Resource Public Key
Infrastructure (RPKI) to Router Protocol}, and the validation scheme in
-@cite{RFC6811, BGP Prefix Origin Validation}. The current version of Prefix
+:rfc:`6811`. The current version of Prefix
Origin Validation in FRR implements both RFCs.
For a more detailed but still easy-to-read background, we suggest the
feature for collecting network information from router and/or host.
FRR itself does not support SNMP agent (server daemon) functionality
but is able to connect to a SNMP agent using the SMUX protocol
-(@cite{RFC1227}) or the AgentX protocol (@cite{RFC2741}) and make the
+(:rfc:`1227`) or the AgentX protocol (:rfc:`2741`) and make the
routing protocol MIBs available through it.
Note that SNMP Support needs to be enabled at compile-time and loaded as
BGP, with IP VPNs and Tunnel Encapsulation, is used to distribute VN
information between NVAs. BGP based IP VPN support is defined in
-@cite{RFC4364, BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)}, and
+:rfc:`4364`, and
@cite{RFC4659, BGP-MPLS IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) Extension for
IPv6 VPN }. Both the Encapsulation Subsequent Address Family Identifier
(SAFI) and the Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute, @cite{RFC5512, The BGP
registrations based on the Logical Network Identifier and label value.
A Logical Network Identifier is used to uniquely identify a logical
Ethernet segment and is conceptually similar to the Ethernet Segment
-Identifier defined in @cite{RFC7432, BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN}. Both
+Identifier defined in :rfc:`7432`. Both
the Logical Network Identifier and Label are passed to VNC via RFP
prefix and address registration.