Parameters
interval
milliseconds
Enter the keywords
interval
to specify non-default BFD
session parameters beginning with the transmission interval.
The range is from 50 to 1000. The default is
100
.
min_rx
milliseconds
Enter the keywords
min_rx
to specify the minimum rate at
which the local system would like to receive control packets
from the remote system. The range is from 50 to 1000. The
default is
100
.
multiplier
value
Enter the keywords
multiplier
to specify the number of
packets that must be missed in order to declare a session
down. The range is from 3 to 50. The default is
3
.
role [active |
passive]
Enter the role that the local system assumes:
•
Active
— The active system initiates the BFD session.
Both systems can be active for the same session.
•
Passive
— The passive system does not initiate a
session. It only responds to a request for session
initialization from the active system.
The default is
Active
.
Defaults
Refer to
Parameters
.
Command
Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
Version 9.2(0.0)
Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Example
Dell(conf-if-gi-0/3)#bfd interval 250 min_rx 300 multiplier 4
role passive
Dell(conf-if-gi-0/3)#
bfd neighbor
Establish a BFD session with a neighbor.
Syntax
bfd neighbor
ip-address
Parameters
ip-address
Enter the IP address of the neighbor in dotted decimal
format (A.B.C.D).
Defaults
none
Command
Modes
INTERFACE
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
301
