Addendum

Establishing Sessions for Static Routes
Sessions are established for all neighbors that are the next hop of a static route.
Figure 1. 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
To verify that sessions have been created for static routes, use the show bfd neighbors command.
Example of the show bfd neighbors Command to Verify Static Routes
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 Gi 4/24 Up 100 100 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.
Disabling BFD for Static Routes
If you disable BFD, all static route BFD sessions are torn down.
A final Admin Down packet is sent to all neighbors on the remote systems, and those neighbors change
to the Down state.
To disable BFD for static routes, use the following command.
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Miscellaneous Settings