GNU Zebra User's Guide

Zebra Protocol

The Zebra Protocol is used to link a protocol daemon and zebra. Each protocol daemon sends selected routes to the zebra daemon. The zebra daemon manages which route is installed into a forwarding table. Below is a common header of the Zebra Protocol.

0										1										2										3
0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
Length(2)																Command(1)

Length is the total packet length, including this header length, so the minimum length is three. The command is Zebra Protocol.

ZEBRA_INTERFACE_ADD 1

ZEBRA_INTERFACE_DELETE 2

ZEBRA_INTERFACE_ADDRESS_ADD 3

ZEBRA_INTERFACE_ADDRESS_DELETE 4

ZEBRA_INTERFACE_UP 5

ZEBRA_INTERFACE_DOWN 6

ZEBRA_IPV4_ROUTE_ADD 7

ZEBRA_IPV4_ROUTE_DELETE 8

ZEBRA_IPV6_ROUTE_ADD 9

ZEBRA_IPV6_ROUTE_DELETE 10

ZEBRA_REDISTRIBUTE_ADD 11

ZEBRA_REDISTRIBUTE_DELETE 12

ZEBRA_REDISTRIBUTE_DEFAULT_ADD 13

ZEBRA_REDISTRIBUTE_DEFAULT_DELETE 14

ZEBRA_IPV4_NEXTHOP_LOOKUP 15

ZEBRA_IPV6_NEXTHOP_LOOKUP 16

0										1										2										3
0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
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