
• If enabling BFD on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), an installed composite PIE file including
the MPLS package, or a composite-package image is required. For Border Gateway Protocol (BGP),
Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS), Static, and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), an
installed Cisco IOS XR IP Unicast Routing Core Bundle image is required.
• Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) is activated on the router if you are using IS-IS or OSPF.
• To enable BFD for a neighbor, the neighbor router must support BFD.
• You can use the
echo ipv4 source
command to specify the IP address that you want to use as the source
address.
• To support BFD on bundle member links, be sure that the following requirements are met:
• The routers on either end of the bundle are connected back-to-back without a Layer 2 switch in
between.
• For a BFD session to start, any one of the following configurations or states are present on the
bundle member:
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) Distributing state is reached, –Or–
EtherChannel or POS Channel is configured, –Or–
Hot Standby and LACP Collecting state is reached.
Restrictions for Implementing BFD
These restrictions apply to BFD:
• Demand mode is not supported in Cisco IOS XR software.
• BFD echo mode is not supported for these features:
• BFD for IPv4 on bundled VLANs
• BFD for IPv6 (global and link-local addressing)
• BFD with uRPF (IPv4)
• Rack reload and online insertion and removal (OIR) when a BFD bundle interface has member links
that span multiple racks
• BFD for Multihop Paths
• BFD over PWHE
• BFD over GRE
• BFD for IPv6 has these restrictions:
•
• For BFD on bundle member links, only a single BFD session for each bundle member link is created,
monitored, and maintained for the IPv4 addressing type only. IPv6 and VLAN links in a bundle have
the following restrictions:
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