Reference Guide

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Figure 8-5. Establishing a BFD Session for Physical Ports
To establish a session:
Verify that the session is established using the command
show bfd neighbors, as shown in the example
below.
Figure 8-6. Viewing Established Sessions for Physical Ports
The example below for the command show bfd neighbors detail shows more specific information about
BFD sessions.
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Enter interface mode interface CONFIGURATION
2 Assign an IP address to the interface if one is not already
assigned.
ip address ip-address INTERFACE
FTOS(conf-if-te-4/24)#do show bfd neighbors
* - Active session role
Ad Dn - Admin Down
C - CLI
I - ISIS
O - OSPF
R - Static Route (RTM)
LocalAddr RemoteAddr Interface State Rx-int Tx-int Mult Clients
* 2.2.2.1 2.2.2.2 Te 4/24 Up 100 100 3 C
BFD Session Enabled