Users Guide

Conguring BFD for static routes is a three-step process:
1 Enable BFD globally.
2 Congure static routes on both routers on the system (either local or remote).
3 Congure an IP route to connect BFD on the static routes using the ip route bfd command.
Related Conguration Tasks
• Changing Static Route Session Parameters
• Disabling BFD for Static Routes
Establishing Sessions for Static Routes
Sessions are established for all neighbors that are the next hop of a static route.
Figure 13. Establishing Sessions for Static Routes
To establish a BFD session, use the following command.
• Establish BFD sessions for all neighbors that are the next hop of a static route.
CONFIGURATION mode
ip route bfd
Example of the show bfd neighbors Command to Verify Static Routes
To verify that sessions have been created for static routes, use the show bfd neighbors command.
R1(conf)#ip route 2.2.3.0/24 2.2.2.2
R1(conf)#ip route bfd
R1(conf)#do show bfd neighbors
* - Active session role
Ad Dn - Admin Down
C - CLI
I - ISIS
O - OSPF
R - Static Route (RTM)
LocalAddr RemoteAddr Interface State Rx-int Tx-int Mult Clients
2.2.2.1 2.2.2.2 Te 4/24 Up 200 200 4 R
To view detailed session information, use the show bfd neighbors detail command, as shown in the examples in Displaying BFD
for BGP Information.
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