3113. [doc] Document the relationship between serial-query-rate

                        and NOTIFY messages.

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 544dbd180c11e0b5be34f2cd289ec673db255982..2e38b5ad7cfe99c1f39a558d35ed410cb453b08d 100644 (file)
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+3113.  [doc]           Document the relationship between serial-query-rate
+                       and NOTIFY messages.
 
        --- 9.4-ESV-R5b1 released ---
 

diff --git a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
index f2dce213204621eb078b55f73791edb727e81338..03d4bbf49ea186ccd80310275b93bb95d69f3a70 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
+++ b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  - PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 -->
 
-<!-- File: $Id: Bv9ARM-book.xml,v 1.241.18.113 2010/02/26 23:46:35 tbox Exp $ -->
+<!-- File: $Id: Bv9ARM-book.xml,v 1.241.18.114 2011/05/17 05:30:13 marka Exp $ -->
 <book xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
   <title>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</title>
 
@@ -6564,22 +6564,27 @@ avoid-v6-udp-ports {};
 
             <varlistentry>
               <term><command>serial-query-rate</command></term>
-              <listitem>
-                <para>
-                  Slave servers will periodically query master servers
-                  to find out if zone serial numbers have changed. Each such
-                  query uses
-                  a minute amount of the slave server's network bandwidth.  To
-                  limit the
-                  amount of bandwidth used, BIND 9 limits the rate at which
-                  queries are
-                  sent.  The value of the <command>serial-query-rate</command> option,
-                  an integer, is the maximum number of queries sent per
-                  second.
-                  The default is 20.
-                </para>
-              </listitem>
-            </varlistentry>
+             <listitem>
+               <para>
+                 Slave servers will periodically query master
+                 servers to find out if zone serial numbers have
+                 changed. Each such query uses a minute amount of
+                 the slave server's network bandwidth.  To limit
+                 the amount of bandwidth used, BIND 9 limits the
+                 rate at which queries are sent.  The value of the
+                 <command>serial-query-rate</command> option, an
+                 integer, is the maximum number of queries sent
+                 per second.  The default is 20.
+               </para>
+               <para>
+                 In addition to controlling the rate SOA refresh
+                 queries are issued at
+                 <command>serial-query-rate</command> also controls
+                 the rate at which NOTIFY messages are sent from
+                 both master and slave zones.
+               </para>
+             </listitem>
+           </varlistentry>
 
             <varlistentry>
               <term><command>serial-queries</command></term>
@@ -7713,6 +7718,10 @@ avoid-v6-udp-ports { 40000; range 50000 60000; };
                   use the hostname as found by the gethostname() function.
                   The default <command>server-id</command> is <command>none</command>.
                 </para>
+                <para>
+                 The overall rate that NOTIFY messages are sent for all
+                 zones is controlled by <command>serial-query-rate</command>.
+               </para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>