Applicable Environment
OSPF enables the router to periodically send Hello packets to a neighboring router for fault
detection. Detecting a fault takes more than 1s. As technologies develop, voice, video, and other
VOD services are widely used. These services are quite sensitive to packet loss and delays. When
traffic is transmitted at gigabit rates, long-time fault detection will cause packet loss. This cannot
meet high reliability requirements of the carrier-class network.
BFD for OSPF is introduced to resolve this problem. After BFD for OSPF is configured in a
specified process or on a specified interface, the link status can be rapidly detected and fault
detection can be completed in milliseconds. This speeds up OSPF convergence when the link
status changes.
Pre-configuration Tasks
Before configuring BFD for OSPF, complete the following task:
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Configuring IP addresses for interfaces to ensure that neighboring routers are reachable at
the network layer
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Configuring Basic OSPF Functions
Data Preparation
To configure BFD for OSPF, you need the following data.
No.
Data
1
Number of the OSPF process to be enabled with BFD for OSPF
2
Type and number of the interface to be enabled with BFD for OSPF
3
(Optional) Values of BFD session parameters
NOTE
The default parameter values are recommended.
5.10.2 Configuring BFD for OSPF in a Specified Process
Configuring BFD for OSPF in a specified process helps the system to rapidly detect the link
status and speeds up OSPF convergence in the case of a link failure.
Context
After BFD for OSPF is configured, when detecting a link fault, BFD rapidly notifies the
routers on both ends of the link of the fault, triggering rapid OSPF convergence. When the OSPF
neighbor relationship goes Down, the BFD session will be dynamically deleted.
Before configuring BFD for OSPF, enable BFD globally.
Perform the following steps on the routers between which a BFD session is to be created.
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