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DellEMC(conf-router_bgp_af)#address-family ipv6 unicast vrf vrf1
DellEMC(conf-router_bgpv6_af)#neighbor 20::2 activate
DellEMC(conf-router_bgpv6_af)#address-family ipv4 vrf vrf1
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp_af)#bfd all-neighbors
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp_af)#exit
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp)#show config
!
router bgp 1
!
address-family ipv4 vrf vrf1
neighbor 10.1.1.2 remote-as 2
neighbor 10.1.1.2 no shutdown
neighbor 20::2 remote-as 2
neighbor 20::2 no shutdown
bfd all-neighbors
exit-address-family
!
address-family ipv6 unicast vrf vrf1
neighbor 20::2 activate
exit-address-family
DellEMC(conf-router_bgp)#
Disabling BFD for BGP
You can disable BFD for BGP.
To disable a BFD for BGP session with a specied neighbor, use the rst command. To remove the disabled state of a BFD for BGP session
with a specied neighbor, use the no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} bfd disable command in ROUTER
BGP conguration mode.
The BGP link with the neighbor returns to normal operation and uses the BFD session parameters globally congured with the bfd all-
neighbors command or congured for the peer group to which the neighbor belongs.
• Disable a BFD for BGP session with a specied neighbor.
ROUTER BGP mode
neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} bfd disable
• Remove the disabled state of a BFD for BGP session with a specied neighbor.
ROUTER BGP mode
no neighbor {ip-address | peer-group-name} bfd disable
Use BFD in a BGP Peer Group
You can establish a BFD session for the members of a peer group (the neighbor peer-group-name bfd command in ROUTER BGP
conguration mode).
Members of the peer group may have BFD:
• Explicitly enabled (the neighbor ip-address bfd command)
• Explicitly disabled (the neighbor ip-address bfd disable command)
• Inherited (neither explicitly enabled or disabled) according to the current BFD conguration of the peer group. For information about
BGP peer groups, refer to Conguring Peer Groups.
If you explicitly enable (or disable) a BGP neighbor for BFD that belongs to a peer group:
• The neighbor does not inherit the BFD enable/disable values congured with the bfd all-neighbors command or congured for
the peer group to which the neighbor belongs.
• The neighbor inherits only the global timer values that are congured with the bfd all-neighbors command (interval, min_rx, and
multiplier).
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