Generic Application of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
RFC 5882
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) D. Katz
Request for Comments: 5882 D. Ward
Category: Standards Track Juniper Networks
ISSN: 2070-1721 June 2010
Generic Application of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
Abstract
This document describes the generic application of the Bidirectional
Forwarding Detection (BFD) protocol.
Status of This Memo
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(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
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Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
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Katz & Ward Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 5882 Generic Application of BFD June 2010
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Conventions Used in This Document ..........................3
2. Overview ........................................................3
3. Basic Interaction between BFD Sessions and Clients ..............4
3.1. Session State Hysteresis ...................................4
3.2. AdminDown State ............................................5
3.3. Hitless Establishment/Reestablishment of BFD State .........5
4. Control Protocol Interactions ...................................6
4.1. Adjacency Establishment ....................................6
4.2. Reaction to BFD Session State Changes ......................7
4.2.1. Control Protocols with a Single Data Protocol .......7
4.2.2. Control Protocols with Multiple Data Protocols ......8
4.3. Interactions with Graceful Restart Mechanisms ..............8
4.3.1. BFD Fate Independent of the Control Plane ...........9
4.3.2. BFD Shares Fate with the Control Plane ..............9
4.4. Interactions with Multiple Control Protocols ..............10
5. Interactions with Non-Protocol Functions .......................10
6. Data Protocols and Demultiplexing ..............................11
7. Multiple Link Subnetworks ......................................11
7.1. Complete Decoupling .......................................12
7.2. Layer N-1 Hints ...........................................12
7.3. Aggregating BFD Sessions ..................................12
7.4. Combinations of Scenarios .................................12
8. Other Application Issues .......................................13
9. Interoperability Issues ........................................13
10. Specific Protocol Interactions (Non-Normative) ................13
10.1. BFD Interactions with OSPFv2, OSPFv3, and IS-IS ..........14
10.1.1. Session Establishment .............................14
10.1.2. Reaction to BFD State Changes .....................14
10.1.3. OSPF Virtual Links ................................15
10.2. Interactions with BGP ....................................15
10.3. Interactions with RIP ....................................15
11. Security Considerations .......................................16
12. References ....................................................16
12.1. Normative References .....................................16
12.2. Informative References ...................................16
Katz & Ward Standards Track [Page 2]
RFC 5882 Generic Application of BFD June 2010
1. Introduction
The Bidirectional Forwarding Detection [BFD] protocol provides a
liveness detection mechanism that can be utilized by other network
components for which their integral liveness mechanisms are either
too slow, inappropriate, or nonexistent. Other documents have
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