BFD Configuration

There is a list of necessary elements to know when forging a BGP configuration.

Basic Elements For Configuring BFD Entry

When forging a BFD configuration, the destination IP and the kind of BFD variant determine a BFD session.

tracker bfd main type single-hop address 10.125.0.2 vrf main

Three additional parameters determine the BFD session: the source address, the interface name and the vrf name. The source and interface options permit to stick with routing constraints.

tracker bfd other type single-hop address 10.125.0.2 source 10.125.0.1 vrf main

BFD provides low overhead. However, it provides a per peer custom configuration, that permits lowering (or increasing) the timers that determine how, and when BFD packets are sent, and received.

tracker bfd othername
   type single-hop
   address 10.125.0.2
   vrf main
   detection-multiplier 6
   required-receive-interval 600000
   desired-transmission-interval 600000

It is possible to disable bfd session usage, by using following command. Note that you will have to check that no other daemon is using BFD. Otherwise, the command will not be successful.

del tracker bfd othername

Basic Elements For General Configuration

It is possible to change general timer settings that will apply to the BFD sessions automatically created by routing protocols (like BGP). This facility avoids the heavy task to configure for each session the newly wished parameters. Note that configured values are expressed in microseconds.

routing bfd
   detection-multiplier 7
   required-receive-interval 800000
   desired-transmission-interval 200000

Reversely, it is possible to revert to default settings. By default, detect multiplier is set to 3, while default required-receive-interval and transmit-interval is set to 300 milliseconds.

routing bfd
   del detection-multiplier
   del required-receive-interval
   del desired-transmission-interval

Basic Elements For Monitoring

You can use the show bfd commands to watch for BFD sessions.

Following commands gives detailed BFD information about the BFD sessions status and statistics.

vrouter> show bfd vrf main session single-hop destination 10.125.0.2
peer 10.125.0.2 singlehop local-address 10.125.0.1
  ID: 2916604864
  Remote ID: 1159562547
  Status: up
  Uptime: 37 second(s)
  Diagnostics: ok
  Remote diagnostics: ok
  Local timers:
  Receive interval: 300ms
  Transmission interval: 300ms
  Echo transmission interval: 50ms
  Remote timers:
  Receive interval: 300ms
  Transmission interval: 300ms
  Echo transmission interval: 50ms

vrouter> show bfd vrf main sessions counters
BFD Peers:
peer 10.125.0.2 singlehop local-address 10.125.0.1
Control packet input: 182 packets
Control packet output: 181 packets
Echo packet input: 0 packets
Echo packet output: 0 packets
Session up events: 1
Session down events: 0
Zebra notifications: 2

Configuration With Remote Daemons

In addition to be able to create BFD peer sessions by using nc-cli of bfd, it is possible to dynamically create BFD peer sessions by relying on remote daemons.

See also