Setup Guide

Viewing Physical Port Session Parameters
BFD sessions are congured with default intervals and a default role (active). Dell EMC 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
Number of messages from IFA about port state change: 0
Number of messages communicated b/w Manager and Agent: 7
Disabling and Re-Enabling BFD
BFD is enabled on all interfaces by default, though sessions are not created unless explicitly congured.
If you disable BFD, all of the sessions on that interface are placed in an Administratively Down state ( the rst message example), and the
remote systems are notied of the session state change (the second message example).
To disable and re-enable BFD on an interface, use the following commands.
• Disable BFD on an interface.
INTERFACE mode
no bfd enable
• Enable BFD on an interface.
INTERFACE mode
bfd enable
If you disable BFD on a local interface, this message displays:
R1(conf-if-gi-4/24)#01:00:52: %RPM0-P:RP2 %BFDMGR-1-BFD_STATE_CHANGE: Changed session
state to Ad
Dn for neighbor 2.2.2.2 on interface Gi 4/24 (diag: 0)
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Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)