Service Manual

Version Description
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.8.0 Added support for BFD for BGP on the S4810.
8.4.1.3 Added support for BFD for BGP on the E-Series ExaScale.
8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
7.5.1.0 Added support for BFD for VLAN and port-channel interfaces on the E-Series.
7.4.1.0 Introduced BFD on physical ports on the E-Series.
Example
Dell#show bfd neighbors
* - Active session role
Ad Dn - Admin Down
B - BGP
C - CLI
I - ISIS
O - OSPF
R - Static Route (RTM)
LocalAddr RemoteAddr Interface State Rx-int Tx-int Mult Clients
* 10.1.3.2 10.1.3.1 Gi 1/3 Up 300 250 3 C
Example (Detail)
Dell#show bfd neighbors detail
Session Discriminator: 1
Neighbor Discriminator: 1
Local Addr: 10.1.3.2
Local MAC Addr: 00:01:e8:02:15:0e
Remote Addr: 10.1.3.1
Remote MAC Addr: 00:01:e8:27:2b:f1
Int: GigabitEthernet 1/3
State: Up
Configured parameters:
TX: 100ms, RX: 100ms, Multiplier: 3
Neighbor parameters:
TX: 250ms, RX: 300ms, Multiplier: 4
Actual parameters:
TX: 300ms, RX: 250ms, Multiplier: 3
Role: Active
Delete session on Down: False
Client Registered: CLI
Uptime: 00:02:04
Statistics:
Number of packets received from neighbor: 376
Number of packets sent to neighbor: 314
Number of state changes: 2
Number of messages from IFA about port state change: 0
Number of messages communicated b/w Manager and Agent: 6
Dell#
Related Commands
bfd all-neighbors — establishes BFD sessions with all neighbors discovered by the IS-IS protocol or OSPF
protocol out of all interfaces.
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
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