Dell S4820T - Important Points to Remember; Configure BFD

receives a Down status notification from the remote system, the session state on the local system
changes to Init.
Figure 14. Session State Changes
Important Points to Remember
• On the S4820T platform, Dell Networking OS supports 128 sessions per stack unit at 200 minimum
transmit and receive intervals with a multiplier of 3, and 64 sessions at 100 minimum transmit and
receive intervals with a multiplier of 4.
• Enable BFD on both ends of a link.
• Demand mode, authentication, and the Echo function are not supported.
• BFD is not supported on multi-hop and virtual links.
• Protocol Liveness is supported for routing protocols only.
• Dell Networking OS supports only OSPF, OSPFv3, IS-IS, and BGP protocols as BFD clients.
Configure BFD
This section contains the following procedures.
• Configuring BFD for Physical Ports
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
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