Administrator Guide

Remote Addr: 2.2.2.2
Remote MAC Addr: 00:01:e8:06:95:a2
Int: GigabitEthernet 4/24
State: Up
Configured parameters:
TX: 100ms, RX: 100ms, Multiplier: 3
Neighbor parameters:
TX: 100ms, RX: 100ms, Multiplier: 3
Actual parameters:
TX: 100ms, RX: 100ms, Multiplier: 3
Role: Active
Delete session on Down: False
Client Registered: CLI
Uptime: 00:03:57
Statistics:
Number of packets received from neighbor: 1775
Number of packets sent to neighbor: 1775
Number of state changes: 1
Number of messages from IFA about port state change: 0
Number of messages communicated b/w Manager and Agent: 4
Log messages display when you configure both interfaces for BFD.
R1(conf-if-gi-4/24)#00:36:01: %RPM0-P:RP2 %BFDMGR-1-BFD_STATE_CHANGE:
Changed session state to
Down for neighbor 2.2.2.2 on interface Gi 4/24 (diag: 0)
00:36:02: %RPM0-P:RP2 %BFDMGR-1-BFD_STATE_CHANGE: Changed session state to
Up for neighbor
2.2.2.2 on interface Gi 4/24 (diag: 0)
Viewing Physical Port Session Parameters
BFD sessions are configured with default intervals and a default role (active). Dell Networking
recommends maintaining the default values.
To view session parameters, use the show bfd neighbors detail command.
Example of Viewing Session Parameters
R1(conf-if-gi-4/24)#bfd interval 100 min_rx 100 multiplier 4 role passive
R1(conf-if-gi-4/24)#do show bfd neighbors detail
Session Discriminator: 1
Neighbor Discriminator: 1
Local Addr: 2.2.2.1
Local MAC Addr: 00:01:e8:09:c3:e5
Remote Addr: 2.2.2.2
Remote MAC Addr: 00:01:e8:06:95:a2
Int: GigabitEthernet 4/24
State: Up
Configured parameters:
TX: 100ms, RX: 100ms, Multiplier: 4
Neighbor parameters:
TX: 100ms, RX: 100ms, Multiplier: 3
Actual parameters:
TX: 100ms, RX: 100ms, Multiplier: 4
Role:
Passive
Delete session on Down: False
Client Registered: CLI
Uptime: 00:09:06
Statistics:
Number of packets received from neighbor: 4092
Number of packets sent to neighbor: 4093
Number of state changes: 1
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
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