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Session State Changes
The following illustration shows how the session state on a system changes based on the status notification it receives from
the remote system. For example, if a session on a system is down and it receives a Down status notification from the remote
system, the session state on the local system changes to Init.
Figure 11. Session State Changes
Important Points to Remember
Dell EMC Networking OS supports 128 sessions per stack unit at 300 minimum transmit and receive intervals with a
multiplier of 3, 64 sessions at 150 minimum transmit and receive intervals with a multiplier of 3, and 32 sessions at 100
minimum transmit and receive intervals with a multiplier of 3.
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.
Protocol Liveness is supported for routing protocols only.
Dell EMC Networking OS supports static routes, OSPF, OSPFv3, IS-IS, BGP, IPv6 BGP, and VRRP protocols as BFD clients.
Dell EMC Networking OS supports default and nondefault VRFs for IPv4 and IPv6 BGP.
Dell EMC Networking OS does not recommend using 50 milliseconds as transmit and receive intervals in a production
network.
Configure BFD
This section contains the following procedures.
Configure BFD for Static Routes
Configure BFD for OSPF
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
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