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Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 19 Configuring Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
Configuring BFD

Configuring BFD for BGP

Complete these steps to configure BFD for BGP.

Configuring BFD for IS-IS

This section describes how to configure BFD for IS-IS routing.

Configuring BFD for IS-IS on a Single Interface

Complete these steps to configure BFD for IS-IS on a single interface.
Command Purpose
Step 1 enable
Example:
Router> enable
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
Enter your password if prompted.
Step 2 configure terminal
Example:
Router# configure terminal
Enters global configuration mode.
Step 3 Router(config)# router bgp
as-tag
Specifies a BGP process and enter router configuration mode.
Step 4 Router(config)# neighbor
ip-address
fall-over bfd
Enables support for BFD failover.
Step 5 exit
Example:
Router(config)# exit
Router#
Exits configuration mode.
Step 6 show bfd neighbors [details]
show ip bgp neighbor
Use the following commands to verify the BFD configuration:
show bfd neighbors [details] —Verifies that the BFD neighbor is
active and displays the routing protocols that BFD has registered.
show ip bgp neighbor—Displays information about BGP and TCP
connections to neighbors.
Command Purpose
Step 1 enable
Example:
Router> enable
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
Enter your password if prompted.
Step 2 configure terminal
Example:
Router# configure terminal
Enters global configuration mode.