NOTE:
BFD is intended for use only on v3 modules.
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) is a low-overhead, short-duration method for detection of failures in the
path between adjacent forwarding engines, including the interfaces, data link(s), and, to the extent possible, the
forwarding engines themselves. It also provides a single mechanism that can be used for liveness detection
between a pair of devices over any media, at any protocol layer, with a wide range of Detection Times and
overhead, to avoid proliferation of different methods.
Asynchronous mode
:In Asynchronous mode, an operating device periodically sends BFD control packets. If the
device does not receive BFD control packet from the peer within the specified interval, it tears down the BFD
session.
Echo mode
: In Echo mode, an operating device periodically sends BFD echo packets. The peer device returns
the received BFD echo packets back without processing them. If the sending device does not receive BFD echo
packet from the peer within the specified interval, the session is considered down.
Commands
Per-session command VLAN
All configuration commands described in this section belong to VLAN context. That is, the configuration will be
applied to all the sessions under the VLAN identified by the VLAN ID.
Set intervals
This command helps to assign the minimum transmit interval and minimum receive interval in the range 1 to 20
seconds. Detect multiplier value is assigned as a number between 1 and 5. By default, the minimum transmit and
receive interval is 3 seconds and multiplier value is 5.
Syntax
bfd authentication | min-echo-receive-interval | min-transmit-interval
Description
Configure Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for the VLAN.
Options
min-transmit-interval
Update the minimum transmit interval of the BFD session.
min-echo-receive-interval
Update the minimum echo receive interval of the BFD session.
authentication
Configure authentication mode and key for all BFD sessions under the current VLAN.
Syntax
bfd min-transmit-interval
TXSECONDS
min-receive-interval
RXSECONDS
detect-multiplier
MULTIPLIER
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