.. _bfd:
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Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
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:abbr:`BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection)` stands for
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection and it is described and extended by
the following RFCs:
* :rfc:`5880`
* :rfc:`5881`
* :rfc:`5883`
Currently, there are two implementations of the BFD commands in FRR:
* :abbr:`PTM (Prescriptive Topology Manager)`: an external daemon which
implements BFD;
* ``bfdd``: a BFD implementation that is able to talk with remote peers;
This document will focus on the later implementation: *bfdd*.
.. _bfd-starting:
Starting BFD
============
*bfdd* default configuration file is :file:`bfdd.conf`. *bfdd* searches
the current directory first then |INSTALL_PREFIX_ETC|/bfdd.conf. All of
*bfdd*'s command must be configured in :file:`bfdd.conf`.
*bfdd* specific invocation options are described below. Common options
may also be specified (:ref:`common-invocation-options`).
.. program:: bfdd
.. option:: --bfdctl <unix-socket>
Set the BFD daemon control socket location. If using a non-default
socket location::
/usr/lib/frr/bfdd --bfdctl /tmp/bfdd.sock
The default UNIX socket location is:
#define BFDD_CONTROL_SOCKET "|INSTALL_PREFIX_STATE|/bfdd.sock"
.. _bfd-commands:
BFDd Commands
=============
.. index:: bfd
.. clicmd:: bfd
Opens the BFD daemon configuration node.
.. index:: peer <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X> [{multihop|local-address <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X>|interface IFNAME|vrf NAME}]
.. clicmd:: peer <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X> [{multihop|local-address <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X>|interface IFNAME|vrf NAME}]
Creates and configures a new BFD peer to listen and talk to.
`multihop` tells the BFD daemon that we should expect packets with
TTL less than 254 (because it will take more than one hop) and to
listen on the multihop port (4784). When using multi-hop mode
`echo-mode` will not work (see :rfc:`5883` section 3).
`local-address` provides a local address that we should bind our
peer listener to and the address we should use to send the packets.
This option is mandatory for IPv6.
`interface` selects which interface we should use. This option
conflicts with `vrf`.
`vrf` selects which domain we want to use.
.. index:: no peer <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X>$peer [{multihop|local-address <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X>$local|interface IFNAME$ifname|vrf NAME$vrfname}]
.. clicmd:: no peer <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X>$peer [{multihop|local-address <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X>$local|interface IFNAME$ifname|vrf NAME$vrfname}]
Stops and removes the selected peer.
.. index:: show bfd peers [json]
.. clicmd:: show bfd peers [json]
Show all configured BFD peers information and current status.
.. index:: show bfd peer <WORD$label|<A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X>$peer [{multihop|local-address <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X>$local|interface IFNAME$ifname|vrf NAME$vrfname}]> [json]
.. clicmd:: show bfd peer <WORD$label|<A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X>$peer [{multihop|local-address <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X>$local|interface IFNAME$ifname|vrf NAME$vrfname}]> [json]
Show status for a specific BFD peer.
.. _bfd-peer-config:
Peer Configurations
-------------------
.. index:: detect-multiplier (2-255)
.. clicmd:: detect-multiplier (2-255)
Configures the detection multiplier to determine packet loss. The
remote transmission interval will be multiplied by this value to
determine the connection loss detection timer. The default value is
3.
Example: when the local system has `detect-multiplier 3` and the
remote system has `transmission interval 300`, the local system will
detect failures only after 900 milliseconds without receiving
packets.
.. index:: receive-interval (10-60000)
.. clicmd:: receive-interval (10-60000)
Configures the minimum interval that this system is capable of
receiving control packets. The default value is 300 milliseconds.
.. index:: transmit-interval (10-60000)
.. clicmd:: transmit-interval (10-60000)
The minimum transmission interval (less jitter) that this system
wants to use to send BFD control packets.
.. index:: echo-interval (10-60000)
.. clicmd:: echo-interval (10-60000)
Configures the minimal echo receive transmission interval that this
system is capable of handling.
.. index:: [no] echo-mode
.. clicmd:: [no] echo-mode
Enables or disables the echo transmission mode. This mode is disabled
by default.
It is recommended that the transmission interval of control packets
to be increased after enabling echo-mode to reduce bandwidth usage.
For example: `transmission-interval 2000`.
Echo mode is not supported on multi-hop setups (see :rfc:`5883`
section 3).
.. index:: [no] shutdown
.. clicmd:: [no] shutdown
Enables or disables the peer. When the peer is disabled an
'administrative down' message is sent to the remote peer.
.. index:: label WORD
.. clicmd:: label WORD
Labels a peer with the provided word. This word can be referenced
later on other daemons to refer to a specific peer.
.. _bfd-bgp-peer-config:
BGP BFD Configuration
---------------------
The following commands are available inside the BGP configuration node.
.. index:: neighbor <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X|WORD> bfd
.. clicmd:: neighbor <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X|WORD> bfd
Listen for BFD events registered on the same target as this BGP
neighbor. When BFD peer goes down it immediately asks BGP to shutdown
the connection with its neighbor and, when it goes back up, notify
BGP to try to connect to it.
.. index:: no neighbor <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X|WORD> bfd
.. clicmd:: no neighbor <A.B.C.D|X:X::X:X|WORD> bfd
Removes any notification registration for this neighbor.
.. _bfd-ospf-peer-config:
OSPF BFD Configuration
----------------------
The following commands are available inside the interface configuration node.
.. index:: ip ospf bfd
.. clicmd:: ip ospf bfd
Listen for BFD events on peers created on the interface. Every time
a new neighbor is found a BFD peer is created to monitor the link
status for fast convergence.
.. index:: no ip ospf bfd
.. clicmd:: no ip ospf bfd
Removes any notification registration for this interface peers.
.. _bfd-ospf6-peer-config:
OSPF6 BFD Configuration
-----------------------
The following commands are available inside the interface configuration node.
.. index:: ipv6 ospf6 bfd
.. clicmd:: ipv6 ospf6 bfd
Listen for BFD events on peers created on the interface. Every time
a new neighbor is found a BFD peer is created to monitor the link
status for fast convergence.
.. index:: no ipv6 ospf6 bfd
.. clicmd:: no ipv6 ospf6 bfd
Removes any notification registration for this interface peers.
.. _bfd-pim-peer-config:
PIM BFD Configuration
---------------------
The following commands are available inside the interface configuration node.
.. index:: ip pim bfd
.. clicmd:: ip pim bfd
Listen for BFD events on peers created on the interface. Every time
a new neighbor is found a BFD peer is created to monitor the link
status for fast convergence.
.. index:: no ip pim bfd
.. clicmd:: no ip pim bfd
Removes any notification registration for this interface peers.
.. _bfd-configuration:
Configuration
=============
Before applying ``bfdd`` rules to integrated daemons (like BGPd), we must
create the corresponding peers inside the ``bfd`` configuration node.
Here is an example of BFD configuration:
::
bfd
peer 192.168.0.1
label home-peer
no shutdown
!
!
router bgp 65530
neighbor 192.168.0.1 remote-as 65531
neighbor 192.168.0.1 bfd
neighbor 192.168.0.2 remote-as 65530
neighbor 192.168.0.2 bfd
neighbor 192.168.0.3 remote-as 65532
neighbor 192.168.0.3 bfd
!
Peers can be identified by its address (use ``multihop`` when you need
to specify a multi hop peer) or can be specified manually by a label.
Here are the available peer configurations:
::
bfd
! configure a peer on an specific interface
peer 192.168.0.1 interface eth0
no shutdown
!
! configure a multihop peer
peer 192.168.0.2 multihop local-address 192.168.0.3
shutdown
!
! configure a peer in a different vrf
peer 192.168.0.3 vrf foo
shutdown
!
! configure a peer with every option possible
peer 192.168.0.4
label peer-label
detect-multiplier 50
receive-interval 60000
transmit-interval 3000
shutdown
!
! remove a peer
no peer 192.168.0.3 vrf foo
.. _bfd-status:
Status
======
You can inspect the current BFD peer status with the following commands:
::
frr# show bfd peers
BFD Peers:
peer 192.168.0.1
ID: 1
Remote ID: 1
Status: up
Uptime: 1 minute(s), 51 second(s)
Diagnostics: ok
Remote diagnostics: ok
Local timers:
Receive interval: 300ms
Transmission interval: 300ms
Echo transmission interval: disabled
Remote timers:
Receive interval: 300ms
Transmission interval: 300ms
Echo transmission interval: 50ms
peer 192.168.1.1
label: router3-peer
ID: 2
Remote ID: 2
Status: up
Uptime: 1 minute(s), 53 second(s)
Diagnostics: ok
Remote diagnostics: ok
Local timers:
Receive interval: 300ms
Transmission interval: 300ms
Echo transmission interval: disabled
Remote timers:
Receive interval: 300ms
Transmission interval: 300ms
Echo transmission interval: 50ms
frr# show bfd peer 192.168.1.1
BFD Peer:
peer 192.168.1.1
label: router3-peer
ID: 2
Remote ID: 2
Status: up
Uptime: 3 minute(s), 4 second(s)
Diagnostics: ok
Remote diagnostics: ok
Local timers:
Receive interval: 300ms
Transmission interval: 300ms
Echo transmission interval: disabled
Remote timers:
Receive interval: 300ms
Transmission interval: 300ms
Echo transmission interval: 50ms
frr# show bfd peer 192.168.0.1 json
{"multihop":false,"peer":"192.168.0.1","id":1,"remote-id":1,"status":"up","uptime":161,"diagnostic":"ok","remote-diagnostic":"ok","receive-interval":300,"transmit-interval":300,"echo-interval":50,"remote-receive-interval":300,"remote-transmit-interval":300,"remote-echo-interval":50}
You can also inspect peer session counters with the following commands:
::
frr# show bfd peers counters
BFD Peers:
peer 192.168.2.1 interface r2-eth2
Control packet input: 28 packets
Control packet output: 28 packets
Echo packet input: 0 packets
Echo packet output: 0 packets
Session up events: 1
Session down events: 0
Zebra notifications: 2
peer 192.168.0.1
Control packet input: 54 packets
Control packet output: 103 packets
Echo packet input: 965 packets
Echo packet output: 966 packets
Session up events: 1
Session down events: 0
Zebra notifications: 4
frr# show bfd peer 192.168.0.1 counters
peer 192.168.0.1
Control packet input: 126 packets
Control packet output: 247 packets
Echo packet input: 2409 packets
Echo packet output: 2410 packets
Session up events: 1
Session down events: 0
Zebra notifications: 4
frr# show bfd peer 192.168.0.1 counters json
{"multihop":false,"peer":"192.168.0.1","control-packet-input":348,"control-packet-output":685,"echo-packet-input":6815,"echo-packet-output":6816,"session-up":1,"session-down":0,"zebra-notifications":4}