From 588c49cbab2e13bd53d89f230283592862907e95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: VijayAnand Subramanian Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 01:09:45 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Issue 6847 Fixing documentation for secondary_mode (#6851) Co-authored-by: Vijayanand Subramanian --- doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst b/doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst index c7fc1238f87..39d33e36543 100644 --- a/doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst +++ b/doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst @@ -185,7 +185,13 @@ The following list shows the possible actions and their allowed values. - If the chosen parent is marked down then another parent will be chosen from the ``secondary_parent`` list. The ``secondary_parent`` list will be exhausted before attempting - to choose another parent in the ``parent`` list. + to choose another parent in the ``parent`` list. This depends + on taking a parent down from a particular EDGE using traffic_ctl + like ``traffic_ctl host down sample.server.com``. This will be + useful during maintenance window or as a debugging aid when a + user wants to take down specific parents. Taking parents down + using ``traffic_ctl`` will cause the EDGE to ignore those parent + immediately from parent selection logic. - If the chosen parent is unavailable but not marked down then another parent will be chosen from the ``parent`` list. The