Protocols And Standards; Configuring Bfd Basic Functions; Configuring Echo Packet Mode; Configuring Control Packet Mode - HP 6125XLG Configuration Manual

Protocols and standards

RFC 5880, Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
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• RFC 5881, Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop)
RFC 5882, Generic Application of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
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RFC 5883, Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multihop Paths
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Configuring BFD basic functions

Before configuring BFD basic functions, configure the network layer addresses of the interfaces so that
adjacent nodes are reachable to each other at the network layer.
After a BFD session is established, the two ends negotiate BFD parameters, including minimum sending
interval, minimum receiving interval, initialization mode, and packet authentication, by exchanging
negotiation packets. They use the negotiated parameters without affecting the session status.

Configuring echo packet mode

Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Configure the source IP
address of echo packets.
3. Enter interface view.
4. (Optional.) Configure the
minimum interval for receiving
BFD echo packets.
5. (Optional.) Configure the
single-hop detection time
multiplier.

Configuring control packet mode

To configure control packet mode for single-hop detection:
Command
system-view
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Configure the source IP address
of echo packets:
bfd echo-source-ip ip-address
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Configure the source IPv6
address of echo packets:
bfd echo-source-ipv6
ipv6-address
interface interface-type
interface-number
bfd min-echo-receive-interval
value
bfd detect-multiplier value
91
Remarks
N/A
Use either command.
By default, no source IP address is
configured for echo packets.
The source IP address cannot be on
the same network segment as any
local interface's IP address.
Otherwise, a large number of
ICMP redirect packets may be sent
from the peer, resulting in link
congestion.
The source IPv6 address of echo
packets can only be a global
unicast address.
N/A
The default setting is 400
milliseconds.
The default setting is 5.