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Changing IPv6 Static Route Session Parameters
BFD sessions are configured with default intervals and a default role.
The parameters you can configure are: Desired TX Interval, Required Min RX Interval, Detection Multiplier, and system role. These
parameters are configured for all static routes. If you change a parameter, the change affects all sessions for static routes.
To change parameters for static route sessions, use the following command .
Change parameters for all static route sessions.
CONFIGURATION mode
ipv6 route bfd [vrf vrf-name][prefix-list prefix-list-name] interval milliseconds min_rx
milliseconds multiplier value role [active | passive]
To view session parameters, use the show bfd neighbors detail command, as shown in the examples in
Configure BFD for OSPF
When using BFD with OSPF, the OSPF protocol registers with the BFD manager. BFD sessions are established with all neighboring
interfaces participating in OSPF. If a neighboring interface fails, the BFD agent on the line card notifies the BFD manager, which in turn
notifies the OSPF protocol that a link state change occurred.
NOTE:
If you enable BFD after OSPF with a large number (more than 100) of OSPF neighbors on a VLAN port-channel and if the
VLAN has more than one port-channel, BFD does not come up immediately. (This behavior occurs only if you enable BFD
after connections with all OSPF neighbors are fully established.)
BFD does not come up for 5 to 6 minutes in a scenario when all the following conditions are met:
A large number of BFD neighbors are present.
The neighbors are reachable over a VLAN through a port-channel and the VLAN has multiple port-channels as
members.
BFD is enabled after all the OSPF neighbors are in an established state.
This delay should not be seen after a reload because OSPF will throttle neighbor establishment.
Configuring BFD for OSPF is a two-step process:
1. Enable BFD globally.
2. Establish sessions with OSPF neighbors.
Related Configuration Tasks
Changing OSPF Session Parameters
Disabling BFD for OSPF
Changing OSPF Session Parameters
Configure BFD sessions with default intervals and a default role.
The parameters that you can configure are: desired tx interval, required min rx interval, detection multiplier,
and system role. Configure these parameters for all OSPF sessions or all OSPF sessions on a particular interface. If you change a
parameter globally, the change affects all OSPF neighbors sessions. If you change a parameter at the interface level, the change affects all
OSPF sessions on that interface.
To change parameters for all OSPF sessions or for OSPF sessions on a single interface, use the following commands.
Change parameters for OSPF sessions.
ROUTER-OSPF mode
bfd all-neighbors interval milliseconds min_rx milliseconds multiplier value role [active |
passive]
Change parameters for all OSPF sessions on an interface.
INTERFACE mode
ip ospf bfd all-neighbors interval milliseconds min_rx milliseconds multiplier value role
[active | passive]
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
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