BFD Configuration

Enable BFD

To enable Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) between 2 peers:

• Configure BFD globally.
• Configure BFD on the required interfaces of both peer systems.
• Enable BFD on the required routing protocols.
• Specify the next-hop device with which the switch initiates the BFD session.

Delete a BFD Session

To delete a BFD session, disassociate all applications with the BFD session, then administratively bring down the BFD session.

Note

To successfully delete a BFD session, you must execute the commands in the following order:

1. Disassociate all applications from the BFD session.
2. Disable BFD at the global level or interface level, which transitions the BFD session to AdminDown state.

If you change the above order of operations, the BFD session is not deleted.