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 receives a Down status notification from the remote system, the
session state on the local system changes to Init.
Figure 15. Session State Changes
Important Points to Remember
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Dell Networking OS supports 128 sessions per stack unit at 200 minimum transmit and receive intervals with a multiplier of 3, and
64 sessions at 100 minimum transmit and receive intervals with a multiplier of 4.
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Enable BFD on both ends of a link.
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Demand mode, authentication, and the Echo function are not supported.
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BFD is not supported on multi-hop and virtual links.
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Protocol Liveness is supported for routing protocols only.
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Dell Networking OS supports only OSPF, OSPFv3, IS-IS, and BGP protocols as BFD clients.
Configure BFD
This section contains the following procedures.
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Configuring BFD for Physical Ports
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Configure BFD for Static Routes
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Configure BFD for OSPF
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Configure BFD for OSPFv3
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