
BFD Specifications
Configuring BFD
page 20-2
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Network Configuration Guide
June 2013
BFD Specifications
BFD Defaults
The following table shows the default settings of the configurable BFD parameters.
RFCs Supported
5880—Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
5881—Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop)
5882—Generic Application of Bidirectional For-
warding Detection
Platforms Supported
OmniSwitch 10K, 6900
Protocols Supported
BGP, OSPF, VRRP Remote Address Tracking only,
and Static Routes.
IPv6 protocols not supported.
Modes Supported
Asynchronous
Echo
(Demand Mode not supported)
Parameter Description
Command
Default Value/Comments
BFD global status for the switch
Disabled
Global transmit time interval for BFD
control packets
300 milliseconds
Global receive time interval for BFD
control packets.
300 milliseconds
Global BFD detection time multiplier
3
Global BFD echo packet time interval
300 milliseconds
Administrative status of a BFD inter-
face
Disabled
Transmit time interval for a BFD
interface.
300 milliseconds
Receive time interval for the BFD
interface.
300 milliseconds
BFD interface detection time
multiplier.
3
Echo time interval for the BFD
interface
ip bfd interface echo-interval
300 milliseconds
BFD status for the OSPF protocol
Disabled
BFD status for an OSPF interface
Disabled
BFD session status with all BGP
neighbors
ip bgp bfd-state all-neighbors
Disabled