[c-nsp] BFD and no ip redirects ?

Chris Evans chrisccnpspam2 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 7 09:53:02 EST 2010


Correct  it doesnt do distributed bfd  but the command allows the line cards
to do the packet return processing when in async mode. Cant remember if this
is dfc only modules or not...
On Dec 7, 2010 9:23 AM, "Pete Lumbis" <alumbis at gmail.com> wrote:
> BFD is only processed on the linecard on the GSR. For the 6500/7600
> this is still done on the CPU, but it is done in the interrupt
> context, making it preferred over something like Fast Hellos which is
> handled as part of normal process scheduling.
>
> I think there are plans to make BFD distributed on the 6500/7600
> platforms, but it's not here yet.
>
> -Pete
>
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Chris Evans <chrisccnpspam2 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> The command is used so that on the far end the packet doesnt get punted
to
>> the cpu. The line card processes the return.
>> On Dec 7, 2010 6:59 AM, "selamat pagi" <ketimun at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> According to Ciscos config guide, *no ip redirects* need to be
configured
>>> for BFD
>>>
>>> I'm trying to understand why this is required.
>>>
>>> thanks, keti
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