To establish a session with a particular VRRP neighbor, use the following command.
• Establish a session with a particular VRRP neighbor.
INTERFACE mode
vrrp bfd neighbor ip-address
Example of Viewing Sessions with VRRP Neighbors
Example of Viewing VRRP Session State Information
To view the established sessions, use the show bfd neighbors command.
The bold line shows that VRRP BFD sessions are enabled.
R1(conf-if-gi-4/25)#vrrp bfd all-neighbors
R1(conf-if-gi-4/25)#do show bfd neighbor
* - Active session role
Ad Dn - Admin Down
C - CLI
I - ISIS
O - OSPF
R - Static Route (RTM)
V - VRRP
LocalAddr RemoteAddr Interface State Rx-int Tx-int Mult Clients
* 2.2.5.1 2.2.5.2 Gi 4/25 Down 1000 1000 3 V
To view session state information, use the show vrrp command.
The bold line shows the VRRP BFD session.
R1(conf-if-gi-4/25)#do show vrrp
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GigabitEthernet 4/1, VRID: 1, Net: 2.2.5.1
State: Backup, Priority: 1, Master: 2.2.5.2
Hold Down: 0 sec, Preempt: TRUE, AdvInt: 1 sec
Adv rcvd: 95, Bad pkts rcvd: 0, Adv sent: 933, Gratuitous ARP sent: 3
Virtual MAC address:
00:00:5e:00:01:01
Virtual IP address:
2.2.5.4
Authentication: (none)
BFD Neighbors:
RemoteAddr State
2.2.5.2 Up
Changing VRRP Session Parameters
BFD sessions are configured with default intervals and a default role.
The parameters that you can configure are: Desired TX Interval, Required Min RX Interval, Detection
Multiplier, and system role. You can change parameters for all VRRP sessions or for a particular neighbor.
To change parameters for all VRRP sessions or for a particular VRRP session, use the following
commands.
• Change parameters for all VRRP sessions.
168 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)