Before You Begin
EIGRP must be running on all participating routers.
The baseline parameters for BFD sessions on the interfaces over which you want to run BFD sessions to BFD
neighbors must be configured. See the Configuring BFD Session Parameters on the Interface section for more
information.
Output from the show bfd neighbors details command shows the configured intervals.Note
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enables privileged EXEC mode.enable
Step 1
Example:
Device> enable
•
Enter your password if prompted.
Enters global configuration mode.configure terminal
Example:
Device# configure terminal
Step 2
Configures the EIGRP routing process and enters
router configuration mode.
router eigrp as-number
Example:
Device(config)# router eigrp 123
Step 3
Enables BFD globally on all interfaces associated
with the EIGRP routing process.
Do one of the following:
Step 4
•
bfd all-interfaces
or
•
bfd interface type number
Enables BFD on a per-interface basis for one or
more interfaces associated with the EIGRP routing
process.
Example:
Device(config-router)# bfd
all-interfaces
Example:
Device(config-router)# bfd interface
GigabitFastEthernet 1/0/1
Routing Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.x (Catalyst 9500 Switches)
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