Operation Manual – BFD-GR
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 BFD Configuration
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Control Plane Independent(C): If set to 1, it means the BFD implementation for the
transmitting protocol is independent of its control plane. That is, BFD is
implemented at the forwarding plane and takes effect even if the control plane fails.
If set to 0, it means BFD is implemented at the control plane.
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Authentication Present (A): If it is set to 1, the control packet contains the
authentication field and the session is authenticated.
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Reserved (R): It is set to 0 during transmission and ignored during reception.
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Detect Mult: Detect time multiplier. In the BFD asynchronous mode, the negotiated
transmit interval multiplied by the detect time multiplier determines the detection
time for the transmitting protocol.
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Length: BFD control packet length, in bytes.
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My Discriminator: It is a unique and non-zero discriminator value generated by the
transmitting protocol to demultiplex multiple BFD sessions between two protocols.
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Your Discriminator: It is the discriminator received from the corresponding remote
protocol. This field reflects the received value of My Discriminator or returns 0 if
that value is unknown.
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Desired Min Tx Interval: Minimum interval at which the local protocol wishes to
send BFD control packets, in milliseconds.
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Required Min Rx Interval: Interval at which the local protocol can receive BFD
control packets, in milliseconds.
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Required Min Echo Rx Interval: Interval at which the local protocol can receive
BFD echo packets, in milliseconds. If this field is set to 0, the transmitting protocol
does not receive any BFD echo packets.
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Auth Type: Authentication type used by BFD control packets.
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Auth Len: Authentication field length, including authentication type field and
authentication length field.
1.1.3 Protocols and Standards
BFD-related specifications are described in the following documents:
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draft-ietf-bfd-base-05:
Protocol Independent Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
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draft-ietf-bfd-v4v6-1hop-05:
BFD for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop)
1.2 BFD Configuration Task List
Configure BFD to provide a detection mechanism for the network.