Reference Guide

protocol-liveness Enable BFD protocol-liveness
Dell(conf)#bfd enable
Dell(conf)#do show running-config bfd
!
bfd enable
Dell(conf)#
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.
Figure 18. Establishing Sessions with OSPF Neighbors
To establish BFD with all OSPF neighbors or with OSPF neighbors on a single interface, use the following
commands.
• Establish sessions with all OSPF neighbors.
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
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