[c-nsp] IOS XR BFD

Robert Boyle robert at tellurian.com
Fri Jul 3 16:53:23 EDT 2009


At 12:28 PM 7/3/2009, Aaron wrote:
>You must be using something else besides BGP. You need static, RIP, 
>IGRP, EIGRP, ISIS, or OSPF to get your routes into the table. BGP 
>cannot do it alone.

True. It was late/early when I read that and replied. :) We use ISIS 
to carry router loopback addresses and links and BGP for everything 
else. We do run BFD for ISIS. BGP runs on top of that. Nevermind.

-Robert



>On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 05:28, Robert Boyle 
><<mailto:robert at tellurian.com>robert at tellurian.com> wrote:
>At 02:55 AM 7/3/2009, Ian Henderson wrote:
>Nick 'tarantul' Novikov wrote on 2009-07-03:
>
> > The question arises, why IOS XR can't run BFD with internal BGP peers
> > (as old school IOS)?
>
>Because its assumed you're already using an IGP with which you can use it?
>
>
>What about those of us who use BGP as our IGP? I'm sure that 
>customer pressure will eventually lead Cisco to put that back into 
>the code. We use BFD and BGP internally and (obviously) BGP externally.
>
>-R
>
>
>
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