Reference Guide

160 | Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
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To change parameters for static route sessions:
View session parameters using the command
show bfd neighbors detail, as shown in the example in
Figure 8-18.
Disabling BFD for static routes
If BFD is disabled, all static route BFD sessions are torn down. A final Admin Down packet is sent to all
neighbors on the remote systems, and those neighbors change to the Down state (Message 3).
To disable BFD for static routes:
Configuring BFD for OSPF
BFD for OSPF is only supported on the S5000 platform.
When using BFD with OSPF, the OSPF protocol registers with the BFD manager. BFD sessions are
established with all neighboring interfaces participating in OSPF. If a neighboring interface fails, the BFD
agent on the stack unit notifies the BFD manager, which in turn notifies the OSPF protocol that a link state
change occurred.
Configuring BFD for OSPF is a two-step process:
1. Enabling BFD globally.
2. Establishing sessions with OSPF neighbors.
Related configuration tasks
• Changing OSPF session parameters.
• Disabling BFD for OSPF.
Establishing sessions with OSPF neighbors
BFD sessions can be established with all OSPF neighbors at once or sessions can be established with all
neighbors out of a specific interface. Sessions are only established when the OSPF adjacency is in the full
state.
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Change parameters for all static route
sessions.
ip route bfd interval milliseconds min_rx
milliseconds multiplier value role [active |
passive]
CONFIGURATION
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Disable BFD for static routes. no ip route bfd CONFIGURATION