
BFD paces the creation of BFD sessions by limiting LSP ping messages to be under 50 PPS to avoid variations
in CPU usage.
Note
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
configure
2.
interface tunnel-te interface-number
3.
bfd fast-detect
4.
bfd minimum-intervalmilliseconds
5.
bfd multiplier number
6.
commit
DETAILED STEPS
Purpose
Command or Action
configure
Step 1
Configures MPLS Traffic Engineering (MPLS TE) tunnel
interface and enters into MPLS TE tunnel interface
configuration mode.
interface tunnel-te interface-number
Example:
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config)#interface tunnel-te
65535
Step 2
Enables BFD fast detection.
bfd fast-detect
Example:
Step 3
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config-if)#bfd fast-detect
Configures hello interval in milliseconds.
bfd minimum-intervalmilliseconds
Step 4
Example:
Hello interval range is 100 to 30000 milliseconds. Default
hello interval is 100 milliseconds
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config-if)#bfd
minimum-interval 2000
Configures BFD multiplier detection.
bfd multiplier number
Step 5
Example:
BFD multiplier range is 3 to 10. Default BFD multiplier is
3.
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config-if)#bfd multiplier 5
commit
Step 6
What to do next
Configure BFD bring up timeout interval.
Once LSP is signaled and BFD session is created, TE allows given time for the BFD session to come up. If
BFD session fails to come up within timeout, the LSP is torn down. Hence it is required to configure BFD
bring up timeout
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Implementing BFD
Enabling BFD Parameters for BFD over TE Tunnels