BFD Specifications Configuring BFD
page 16-2 OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Network Configuration Guide March 2011
BFD Specifications
BFD Defaults
The following table shows the default settings of the configurable BFD parameters.
Platforms Supported OmniSwitch 10K
RFCs Supported RFC 5880 - Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
RFC 5881 - Bidirectional Forwarding Detection for
IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop)
RFC 5882 - Generic Application of Bidirectional
Forwarding Detection
Protocols Supported BGP, OSPF, VRRP Remote Address Tracking
only, and Static Routes.
IPv6 protocols not supported.
Modes Supported Asynchronous
Echo
(Demand Mode not supported)
Parameter Description Command Default Value/Comments
BFD global status for the switch
ip bfd admin-state Disabled
Global transmit time interval for BFD
control packets
ip bfd transmit 300 milliseconds
Global receive time interval for BFD
control packets.
ip bfd receive 300 milliseconds
Global BFD detection time multiplier ip bfd multiplier 3
Global BFD echo packet time interval ip bfd echo-interval 300 milliseconds
Administrative status of a BFD inter-
face
ip bfd interface admin-state Disabled
Transmit time interval for a BFD
interface.
ip bfd interface transmit 300 milliseconds
Receive time interval for the BFD
interface.
ip bfd interface receive 300 milliseconds
BFD interface detection time
multiplier.
ip bfd interface multiplier 3
Echo time interval for the BFD
interface
ip bfd interface echo-interval 300 milliseconds
BFD status for the OSPF protocol ip ospf bfd-state Disabled
BFD status for an OSPF interface ip ospf interface bfd-state Disabled
BFD session status with all BGP
neighbors
ip bgp bfd-state all-neighbors Disabled