.. _bgp-user-guide-supported-capabilities:

List of supported capabilities
==============================
In addition to the base protocol implementation, the plugin provides many extensions to BGP, all based on IETF standards.

* `RFC4271 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4271>`_ - A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
* `RFC4456 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4456>`_ - BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)
* `RFC1997 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1997>`_ - BGP Communities Attribute
* `RFC4360 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4360>`_ - BGP Extended Communities Attribute
* `RFC4486 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4486>`_ - Subcodes for BGP Cease Notification Message
* `RFC5492 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5492>`_ - Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4
* `RFC5004 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5004>`_ - Avoid BGP Best Path Transitions from One External to Another
* `RFC6286 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6286>`_ - Autonomous-System-Wide Unique BGP Identifier for BGP-4
* `RFC6793 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6793>`_ - BGP Support for Four-Octet Autonomous System (AS) Number Space
* `RFC7311 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7311>`_ - The Accumulated IGP Metric Attribute for BGP
* `RFC5668 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5668>`_ - 4-Octet AS Specific BGP Extended Community
* `draft-ietf-idr-link-bandwidth <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-idr-link-bandwidth-06>`_ - BGP Link Bandwidth Extended Community
* `draft-ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages-13>`_ - Extended Message support for BGP
* `RFC4760 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4760>`_ - Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
   * `RFC7752 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7752>`_ - North-Bound Distribution of Link-State and TE Information using BGP
      * `draft-gredler-idr-bgp-ls-segment-routing-ext <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gredler-idr-bgp-ls-segment-routing-ext-03>`_  - BGP Link-State extensions for Segment Routing
      * `draft-ietf-idr-bgpls-segment-routing-epe <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-idr-bgpls-segment-routing-epe-05>`_  - Segment Routing Egress Peer Engineering BGP-LS Extensions
   * `RFC5575 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5575>`_ - Dissemination of Flow Specification Rules
      * `RFC7674 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7674>`_  - Clarification of the Flowspec Redirect Extended Community
      * `draft-ietf-idr-flow-spec-v6 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-idr-flow-spec-v6-07>`_  - Dissemination of Flow Specification Rules for IPv6
      * `draft-ietf-idr-flowspec-redirect-ip <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-idr-flowspec-redirect-ip-00>`_  - BGP Flow-Spec Redirect to IP Action
   * `RFC3107 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3107>`_  - Carrying Label Information in BGP-4
      * `draft-ietf-idr-bgp-prefix-sid <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-idr-bgp-prefix-sid-03>`_  - Segment Routing Prefix SID extensions for BGP
   * `RFC4364 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4364>`_  - BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
      * `RFC4659 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4659>`_  - BGP-MPLS IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) Extension for IPv6 VPN
   * `RFC6513 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6513>`_  - Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs (VPNs)
      * `RFC6514 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6514>`_  - BGP Encodings and Procedures for Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs
      * `RFC6515 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6515>`_  - IPv4 and IPv6 Infrastructure Addresses in BGP Updates for Multicast VPN
      * `RFC4684 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4684>`_  - Constrained Route Distribution for Border Gateway Protocol/MultiProtocol Label Switching (BGP/MPLS) Internet Protocol (IP) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
   * `RFC7432 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7432>`_  - BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN
      * `draft-ietf-bess-evpn-overlay <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-bess-evpn-overlay-04>`_  - A Network Virtualization Overlay Solution using EVPN
      * `draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-07>`_  - VPWS support in EVPN
      * `draft-sajassi-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-01 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-sajassi-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-01>`_ - EVPN VPWS Flexible Cross-Connect Service
* `RFC7911 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7911>`_  - Advertisement of Multiple Paths in BGP
* `RFC2918 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2918>`_  - Route Refresh Capability for BGP-4
* `RFC4724 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4724>`_  - Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP
   * `draft-uttaro-idr-bgp-persistence-04 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-uttaro-idr-bgp-persistence-04>`_ - Support for Long-lived BGP Graceful Restart
* `RFC7606 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7606>`_ - Revised Error Handling for BGP UPDATE Messages