receives a Down status notification from the remote system, the session state on the local system
changes to Init.
Figure 10. Session State Changes
Important Points to Remember
On the Z9500, the system supports 128 sessions 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.
Enable BFD on both ends of a link.
Demand mode, authentication, and the Echo function are not supported.
BFD is not supported on multi-hop and virtual links.
Protocol Liveness is supported for routing protocols only.
The Z9500 supports only OSPF, IS-IS, and VRRP protocols as BFD clients; BGP is not supported.
Configure BFD
This section contains the following procedures.
Configure BFD for Static Routes
Configure BFD for OSPF
Configure BFD for OSPFv3
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