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Issue 6847 Fixing documentation for secondary_mode (#6851)
Co-authored-by: Vijayanand Subramanian <vsubramanian@synamedia.com>
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doc/admin-guide/files/parent.config.en.rst

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- If the chosen parent is marked down then another parent will
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be chosen from the ``secondary_parent`` list. The
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``secondary_parent`` list will be exhausted before attempting
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to choose another parent in the ``parent`` list.
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to choose another parent in the ``parent`` list. This depends
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on taking a parent down from a particular EDGE using traffic_ctl
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like ``traffic_ctl host down sample.server.com``. This will be
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useful during maintenance window or as a debugging aid when a
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user wants to take down specific parents. Taking parents down
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using ``traffic_ctl`` will cause the EDGE to ignore those parent
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immediately from parent selection logic.
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- If the chosen parent is unavailable but not marked down then
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another parent will be chosen from the ``parent`` list. The

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