Session State Changes - Dell S6000–ON Configuration Manual

3. The active system receives the response from the passive system and changes its session state to
Up. It then sends a control packet indicating this state change. This is the third and final part of the
handshake. Now the discriminator values have been exchanged and the transmit intervals have been
negotiated.
4. The passive system receives the control packet and changes its state to Up. Both systems agree that
a session has been established. However, because both members must send a control packet — that
requires a response — anytime there is a state change or change in a session parameter, the passive
system sends a final response indicating the state change. After this, periodic control packets are
exchanged.
Figure 10. BFD Three-Way Handshake State Changes

Session State Changes

The following illustration shows how the session state on a system changes based on the status
notification it receives from the remote system. For example, if a session on a system is down and it
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