Configure BFD for BGP
In a BGP core network, BFD provides rapid detection of communication failures in BGP fast-forwarding paths between internal BGP (iBGP)
and external BGP (eBGP) peers for faster network reconvergence. BFD for BGP is supported on 1GE, 10GE, 40GE, port-channel, and
VLAN interfaces. BFD for BGP does not support IPv6 and the BGP multihop feature.
Prerequisites
Before configuring BFD for BGP, you must first configure the following settings:
1
Configure BGP on the routers that you want to interconnect, as described in
Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)
.
2
Enable fast fall-over for BGP neighbors to reduce convergence time (the
neighbor fall-over
command), as described in
Establishing Sessions with BGP Neighbors
Before configuring BFD for BGP, you must first configure BGP on the routers that you want to interconnect.
For more information, refer to
Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)
.
For example, the following illustration shows a sample BFD configuration on Router 1 and Router 2 that use eBGP in a transit network to
interconnect AS1 and AS2. The eBGP routers exchange information with each other as well as with iBGP routers to maintain connectivity
and accessibility within each autonomous system.
Figure 15. Establishing Sessions with BGP Neighbors
The sample configuration shows alternative ways to establish a BFD session with a BGP neighbor:
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
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Summary of Contents for S4048T-ON
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Page 148: ...Figure 10 BFD Three Way Handshake State Changes 148 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection BFD ...
Page 251: ...Dell Control Plane Policing CoPP 251 ...
Page 363: ... RPM Synchronization GARP VLAN Registration Protocol GVRP 363 ...
Page 511: ...Figure 64 Inspecting the LAG Configuration Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP 511 ...
Page 558: ...Figure 84 Configuring Interfaces for MSDP 558 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP ...
Page 559: ...Figure 85 Configuring OSPF and BGP for MSDP Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP 559 ...
Page 564: ...Figure 88 MSDP Default Peer Scenario 2 564 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP ...
Page 565: ...Figure 89 MSDP Default Peer Scenario 3 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP 565 ...
Page 841: ...Figure 115 Single and Double Tag TPID Match Service Provider Bridging 841 ...
Page 842: ...Figure 116 Single and Double Tag First byte TPID Match 842 Service Provider Bridging ...