Users Guide

• Active — active system initiates the BFD session. Both
systems can be active for the same session.
• Passive — passive system does not initiate a session. It
only responds to a request for session initialization from
the active system.
The default is Active.
Defaults See Parameters.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see
the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S6010-ON and S4048T-ON.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.3.(0.0) Introduced on S6000.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.2.(0.0) Introduced on Z9000, S4810, and S4820T.
8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
7.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
neighbor bfd
Explicitly enable a BFD session with a BGP neighbor or a BGP peer group.
Syntax
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} bfd
Parameters
ip-address Enter the IP address of the BGP neighbor that you want to
explicitly enable for BFD sessions in dotted decimal format
(A.B.C.D).
peer-group-name Enter the name of the peer group that you want to explicitly
enable for BFD sessions.
Defaults None
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