[j-nsp] BFD in the core on Juniper M-series routers

[Arda Balkanay]

Hi
We work with a service provider for our metro ethernet uplinks.
It is hard for us to detect failures in metro ethernet carrier's backbone.
Because of that we use BFD under OSPF configurations for fast detection of
failures.

For example:
m7i> show configuration protocols ospf   
...
area 0.0.0.0 {
...
    interface fe-1/3/0.351 {
        bfd-liveness-detection {
            minimum-interval 300;
            multiplier 3;
        }
    }
}


m7i> show bfd session detail 
                                                          Transmit
Address              State     Interface     Detect Time  Interval
Multiplier
x.x.x.x         Up        fe-1/3/0.351        0.900     0.300      3
  Client OSPF, TX interval 0.300, RX interval 0.300, multiplier 3
  Session up time 04:48:51
  Local diagnostic None, remote diagnostic None
  Remote state Up, version 1

1 sessions, 1 clients
Cumulative transmit rate 3.3 pps, cumulative receive rate 3.3 pps



With this configurations any failure can be detected in less than 1 second
(instead of 40 seconds)and Ospf neigborship goes down.
Note that you have to update your firewall filters -that you use to protect
your RE- to allow BFD traffic.

Regards
Arda Balkanay




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Sent: 21 Kasım 2006 Salı 17:46
To: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: [j-nsp] BFD in the core on Juniper M-series routers

Is there anyone out there having experience in enabling BFD in the core
environment to primarily be able to detect link-failures fast on Fast
Ethernet links and Gigabit Ethernet links so that high quality services
can be assured?
 
Thanks in advance
Daniel

Synetrix Holdings Limited
Tel: +44 (0)1252 405 600
www.synetrix.co.uk

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