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Explain which nodes participate in master election

This commit updates the Zen Discovery documentation to explain which
nodes partcipate in master election (by default) as well as the
configuration parameters for controlling this.

Closes #12727
Jason Tedor 10 years ago
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@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ serves as a protection against (partial) network failures where node may unjustl
 think that the master has failed. In this case the node will simply hear from
 think that the master has failed. In this case the node will simply hear from
 other nodes about the currently active master.
 other nodes about the currently active master.
 
 
+If `discovery.zen.master_election.filter_client` is `true`, pings from client nodes (nodes where `node.client` is
+`true`, or both `node.data` and `node.master` are `false`) are ignored during master election; the default value is
+`true`. If `discovery.zen.master_election.filter_data` is `true`, pings from non-master-eligible data nodes (nodes
+where `node.data` is `true` and `node.master` is `false`) are ignored during master election; the default value is
+`false`. Pings from master-eligible nodes are always observed during master election.
+
 Nodes can be excluded from becoming a master by setting `node.master` to
 Nodes can be excluded from becoming a master by setting `node.master` to
 `false`. Note, once a node is a client node (`node.client` set to
 `false`. Note, once a node is a client node (`node.client` set to
 `true`), it will not be allowed to become a master (`node.master` is
 `true`), it will not be allowed to become a master (`node.master` is