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Dell Configuration Guide for the S4048–ON System 9.14.2.5

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BFD Three-Way Handshake

A three-way handshake must take place between the systems that participate in the BFD session.

The handshake shown in the following illustration assumes that there is one active and one passive system, and that this session is the first session established on this link. The default session state on both ports is Down.
  1. The active system sends a steady stream of control packets that indicates that its session state is Down, until the passive system responds. These packets are sent at the desired transmit interval of the Active system. The Your Discriminator field is set to zero.
  2. When the passive system receives any of these control packets, it changes its session state to Init and sends a response that indicates its state change. The response includes its session ID in the My Discriminator field and the session ID of the remote system in the Your Discriminator field.
  3. The active system receives the response from the passive system and changes its session state to Up. It then sends a control packet indicating this state change. This is the third and final part of the handshake. Now the discriminator values have been exchanged and the transmit intervals have been negotiated.
  4. The passive system receives the control packet and changes its state to Up. Both systems agree that a session has been established. However, because both members must send a control packet — that requires a response — anytime there is a state change or change in a session parameter, the passive system sends a final response indicating the state change. After this, periodic control packets are exchanged.
Figure 1. BFD Three-Way Handshake State Changes
Illustration of the BFD Three-Way Handshake State Changes

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