Cisco Catalyst 9500 series Configuration Manual page 29

Configuring Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
Step 2
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Step 4
Step 5
Command or Action
Example:
Device> enable
configure terminal
Example:
Device# configure terminal
interface type number
Example:
Device(config)# interface serial 2/0
Perform one of the following steps:
• ip address ipv4-address mask
• ipv6 address ipv6-address/mask
Example:
Configuring an IPv4 address for the interface:
Device(config-if)# ip address
10.201.201.1 255.255.255.0
Configuring an IPv6 address for the interface:
Device(config-if)# ipv6 address
2001:db8:1:1::1/32
bfd interval milliseconds mix_rx milliseconds
multiplier interval-multiplier
Example:
Device(config-if)# bfd interval 500
min_rx 500 multiplier 5
Routing Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.x (Catalyst 9500 Switches)
How to Configure Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
Purpose
• Enter your password if prompted.
Enters global configuration mode.
Configures an interface and enters interface
configuration mode.
Configures an IP address for the interface.
Enables BFD on the interface.
The bfd interval configuration is removed when
the subinterface on which it is configured is
removed.
The bfd interval configuration is not removed
when:
• an IPv4 address is removed from an
interface
• an IPv6 address is removed from an
interface
• IPv6 is disabled from an interface
• an interface is shutdown
• IPv4 CEF is disabled globally or locally on
an interface
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